document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=203260>Question 203260</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A solution of salt and water contains 18 ounces of pure salt and 36 ounces of water.  How many ounces of water must be added to obtain a 24% pure salt solution?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I have tried many different solutions and I feel there is something more needed on the right hand side of the equation, but I can't figure it out.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1) x+36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "   ---- = 24%<BR>\n" );
document.write( "   x+54\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2) x+18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "   ---- = 24%<BR>\n" );
document.write( "   x+24 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #410415 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=NaturalBornNerd><B>NaturalBornNerd(5)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/iconNewId_16x16.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=NaturalBornNerd><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=NaturalBornNerd><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=410415\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I approached the problem in a different way and got a different answer,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "but it seems to check out.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "First,18oz. of salt in 36oz. of water is a 50% solution.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I don't think we need to be concerned with the amount of salt as a variable,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "but only the amount of water we need to dilute our mixture down to a 24% concentration of salt.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If we let 'w' = water, then what we have is 18/36w = 0.05 (oop's, this is a typo. I mean 0.50) .<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What we want is 18/w = 0.24, so...<BR>\n" );
document.write( " 18/w = 0.24\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " 18 = 0.24w\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " 18/0.24 = w\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " w = 75. So we need to have 18oz. of salt in 75 ounces of water to have a 24% solution.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To achieve this , we need to add 75oz. - 36oz. = 39oz. of water to our original mixture.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We check our answer by dividing 18oz.(salt)/75oz.(water)= 24%(salt). <BR>\n" );
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