SOLUTION: A container contains 40L of wine which is 80% alcohol by volume. How much of the mixture should be removed and replaced by an equal volume of water so that the resulting solution w
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Question 984442: A container contains 40L of wine which is 80% alcohol by volume. How much of the mixture should be removed and replaced by an equal volume of water so that the resulting solution will be 70%?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Bad example problem, because wine does not occur at any such 70% or 80% alcohol.
Ignoring the physical fault, the method you want is here:
http://www.algebra.com/my/drain-and-replace-antifreeze.lesson?content_action=show_dev
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