document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1208970>Question 1208970</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How much water must be evaporated from 240 gallons of a 3% salt solution to produce a 5% salt solution?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The salt is 3% of the 240 gallons, or 7.2 gallons.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "When water is evaporated, the amount of salt remains at 7.2 gallons.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "If the solution is to be 5% salt, those 7.2 gallons need to be 5% of the solution, so the new total amount of the solution needs to be 7.2/0.05 = 144.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since the original solution was 240 gallons and the new solution is 144 gallons, the number of gallons of water that needed to be evaporated is 240-144 = 96.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: 96 gallons<br><BR>\n" );
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