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how much distilled water should be added to 100 ml of a highly concentrated 90% saline solution to reduce the concentration to 40%? what is the volume of the resulting mixture?
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\n" ); document.write( "100 ml of 90% salt contains 90 ml of salt.
\n" ); document.write( "To add water to make that 90 ml 40% of the solution:
\n" ); document.write( "90 ml = 40%
\n" ); document.write( "9 ml = 4%
\n" ); document.write( "times 25
\n" ); document.write( "225 ml = 100%
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\n" ); document.write( "125 ml of water has to be added \n" ); document.write( "

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