document.write( "Question 730238: 1 flask = 40 pints which contains 20% pure acid. If I add 10 more pints, what percentage of pure acid will be in the flask? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #446642 by josgarithmetic(39617)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! You might be trying to ask a different question, that you are not adding \"more\" acid, but are adding WATER, which is actually a bad idea, depending on the acid.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Assuming that you are trying to ask the different question, about dilution, \n" ); document.write( "Try to visualize with proportional thinking:\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The acid is being diluted by (4/5), so it would become 80% acid. \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If you are in fact, asking the question word-for-word as written, then this would be a non-problem, in that you would just have 50 pints of 20% acid. \n" ); document.write( " |