document.write( "Question 766283: You need a 55% alcohol solution. On hand, you have a 770 mL of a 95% alcohol mixture. How much pure water will you need to add to obtain the desired solution?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "B) You will need HOW MANY mL of pure water to obtain HOW MANY mL of the desired 55% solution?? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The number of mL of pure alcohol you have in 770 mL of a 95% solution is

. If you add

mL of pure water, you have

mL of solution of which

is pure alcohol. Since you added pure water, the amount of pure alcohol is the same, so:\r
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to get the amount of water to add, and then calculate

to find the total amount of solution.\r
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