document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1002036>Question 1002036</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve this! Thank you in advance:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How much water should be added to 10mL of a 10% acid solution to make it a 5% solution?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ".10(10) = .05(10+x) this is the equation that i tried for please help if not right!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #619057 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=619057\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You should figure by intuition that the answer quantity must be 10 mL.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You are adding water, which contains essentially no \"acid\".<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2810%2A10%29%2F%28w%2B10%29=5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2810%2A10%29%2F%28w%2B10%29=5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, a good way to setup the equation, but you appear to have picked decimal fractions instead of percents.  Fine.  That will be this way, instead:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=w=50%2F5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"w=50%2F5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >-----just to show a whole number denominator\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Look for an arithmetic mistake in your steps. </SPAN>\n" );
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