document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=742226>Question 742226</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If you have 500 ml of 28% salt-solution, how many milliliters of it should you mix with water in order to create 250 ml  of a 17% salt-solution?  I know that there is 140 salt in the 500 ml mixture and we need 42.5 salt in the final 250 ml mixture but I am unsure of how to set up the ratio problem </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If you have 500 ml of 28% salt-solution, how many milliliters of it should you mix with water in order to create 250 ml of a 17% salt-solution?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you correctly stated that\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ".28 * 500 = 140   and<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".17 * 250 = 42.5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so we are looking for the solution to\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "140/500 = 42.5/x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "cross multiply and we get x =151.79 ml\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "140x = 500*42.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 151.79 ml\r<BR>\n" );
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