SOLUTION: How much water must be evaporated from 80 pounds of a 12% solution of salt in order to obtain a 20% solution?
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Question 1158867: How much water must be evaporated from 80 pounds of a 12% solution of salt in order to obtain a 20% solution?
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Found 3 solutions by josgarithmetic, greenestamps, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If evaporating x pounds of water,
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The amount of salt is 12% of 80 pounds, which is 9.6 pounds.
You want those 9.6 pounds to be 20% of the final solution:
The final solution needs to be 48 pounds; it originally was 80 pounds, so 32 pounds of water needs to be evaporated.
Answer by ikleyn(52786) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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