SOLUTION: A chemist needs to strengthen a 15% alcoholic solution to one of 32% alcohol .how much pure alcohl should be added to 800 ml of 15% solution?
Question 1111048: A chemist needs to strengthen a 15% alcoholic solution to one of 32% alcohol .how much pure alcohl should be added to 800 ml of 15% solution? Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, greenestamps:Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A chemist needs to strengthen a 15% alcoholic solution to one of 32% alcohol .how much pure alcohl should be added to 800 ml of 15% solution?
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Add L liters
800*15 + L*100 = (800 + L)*32
Here is an alternative to the standard algebraic solution method that requires only a few simple calculations.
(1) Find how far the desired 32% is from the 15% of the original solution and from the 100% of the pure alcohol.
100-32 = 68; 32-15 = 17
(2) The ratio of the two numbers from (1) is the ratio in which the two ingredients must be mixed.
68:17 = 4:1
Since the 32% is closer to 15% than to 100%, you need 4 parts of the original solution to 1 part of the added pure alcohol. In other words, the amount of pure alcohol to be added should be 1/4 the amount of the original mixture.
1/4 of 800ml = 200ml
