document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=273772>Question 273772</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How many liters of water must be evaporated from 10 L of a 40% salt solution to produce a 50% solution? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Ignoring the scientific fact that these percentages of salt solution are not possible, and treating this purely as a mathematical exercise, note that the amount of salt in 10 L of 40% salt is 4L.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "You want that same amount of salt to be 50% of the final mixture; that means the final mixture must be 8 L.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since you started with 10L and ended with 8L, the amount of water evaporated was 2L. </SPAN>\n" );
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