SOLUTION: Clorox bleach is 5.25% sodium hypoclorite. The instructions on the bottle say to add 1 cup of clorox to 4 cups of water. Find the percent of sodium hypochlorite in the mixture.
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: Clorox bleach is 5.25% sodium hypoclorite. The instructions on the bottle say to add 1 cup of clorox to 4 cups of water. Find the percent of sodium hypochlorite in the mixture.
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Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
if 1cup of clorox contains 5.25% of sodium hypoclorite (sh) then
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there is .0525 of a cup of sh in 1 cup clorox
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what percentage of 5cups is .0525 of a cup
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5x=.0525
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x=.0105(100)=1.05% of sodium hypoclorite is in the mixture
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