document.write( "Question 700975: you have 100mL of distilled water and you need to add 20% chlorhexidine solution so that you have a 100mL solution of 0.05% of chlorhexidine.
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you have 100mL of distilled water and you need to add 20% chlorhexidine solution so that you have a 100mL solution of 0.05% of chlorhexidine.
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\n" ); document.write( "Let x = amt of chloro-something required
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\n" ); document.write( ".20x = .05(x+100)
\n" ); document.write( ".20x = .05x + 5
\n" ); document.write( ".20x - .05x = 5
\n" ); document.write( ".15x = 5
\n" ); document.write( "x = 5/.15
\n" ); document.write( "x = 33 $\"1%2F3\"$ mL of chloro-something required
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\n" ); document.write( ".20(33.33) = .05(133.33) \n" ); document.write( "

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