SOLUTION: Meryl needs to add enough water to 11 gallons of an 18% detergent solution to make a 12% detergent solution. Which equation can she use to find g, the number of gallons of water sh

SOLUTION: Meryl needs to add enough water to 11 gallons of an 18% detergent solution to make a 12% detergent solution. Which equation can she use to find g, the number of gallons of water sh

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Question 838335: Meryl needs to add enough water to 11 gallons of an 18% detergent solution to make a 12% detergent solution. Which equation can she use to find g, the number of gallons of water she should add?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Not enough given. You must know how the concentrations are expressed; either w/v or w/w, and you need density information on the detergent solutions.
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