document.write( "Question 945776: The percentage of salt in 1L of water is 10%. If 500 mL of water is added to this mixture, what percentage of salt is there now? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "        How the solution is worded in the post by @lwsshar3, it provokes homeric laughter.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "        It is because the amount of salt in this problem is not measured in milliliters - it is measured in grams.\r
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document.write( "In this problem, the concentration of the mixture is measured in grams per milliliter.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So, the fact that 1 liter of mixture is 10% salt MEANS that the amount of salt in the mixture \r\n" );
document.write( "is 0.1*1000 = 100 grams.\r\n" );
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document.write( "When 500 mL of water is added to the mixture, the total volume of the mixture (of the liquid) becomes 1500 milliliters.\r\n" );
document.write( "It contains the same 100 grams of salt - hence, the concentration of salt in the mixture is now\r\n" );
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document.write( "     =  = 0.066666..., or 0.0667 = 6.67% rounded.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  The final concentration of salt in the mixture is about 6.67%.\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "What did shock me even more, is the fact that in Google Overview Artificial Intelligence,
\n" ); document.write( "the solution to this problem was presented in same terms and in same words as in the post by @lwsshar3,
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