SOLUTION: To make pickles, fresh cucumbers are soaked in a salt water solution called brine. How many liters of a 2% brine solution must be added to 30 liters of a 10% brine solution to dilu
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Question 361061: To make pickles, fresh cucumbers are soaked in a salt water solution called brine. How many liters of a 2% brine solution must be added to 30 liters of a 10% brine solution to dilute it to an 8% solution?
Answer by robertb(5830) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x = # liters of 2% brine to add.
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