SOLUTION: How many grams of water must be evaporated from 10 grams of a 40% saline solution to produce a 50% saline solution? Please help! Thank you.

Question 707474: How many grams of water must be evaporated from 10 grams of a 40% saline solution to produce a 50% saline solution? Please help! Thank you.

Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = grams of water to be evaporated
grams of salt in solution
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In words:
( grams of salt ) / ( grams of original solution minus water evaporated ) = 50%

2 grams of water must be evaporated
check:

OK
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