document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=112205>Question 112205</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi, here is an science and medicine word problem that I think I have worked out and I would appreciate your input.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A chemist has 300 milimeters(mL)of solution that is 18% acid. How many milimeters of acid are in the solution?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What I have come up with is this; <BR>\n" );
document.write( "300x=18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=18/300<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=0.06%<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The answer I have is; 6% mL of acid are in the solution. Am I correct on this one.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank You, Barb Neely  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "But I would love to help you re-work the problem.  :)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We have to think of this problem in terms of parts over whole.  There is 18% of 100%, and xmL over the whole of 300mL.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "We just need to find 18% of 300mL, and that will give us the exact amount of acid in the solution.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since 18% is equal to 0.18, we just need to multiply <BR>\n" );
document.write( "300mL x 0.18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Which is 54mL\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So there's our answer, there are 54mLs of acid in the solution. </SPAN>\n" );
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