document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=625529>Question 625529</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how much water must be evaporated from 240 pounds of a solution that is 3% alcohol to strengthen it to a solution  that is 5% alcohol?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3% of 240 pounds = 7.2 pounds of alcohol<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If 7.2 pounds = 5%, the total = 7.2/0.05 = 144 pounds<BR>\n" );
document.write( "240 - 144 = 96 pounds of water to evaporate.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "PS  That won't work, the alcohol has a lower boiling so it will evaporate first.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If it did work, a lot of people would make stronger booze that way. </SPAN>\n" );
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