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A cough medicine contains 25% alcohol. How much liquid should a pharmacist add to 120 milliliter of the medicine so
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A cough medicine contains 25% alcohol. How much liquid should a pharmacist add to 120 milliliter of the medicine so
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A cough medicine contains 25% alcohol. How much liquid should a pharmacist add to 120 milliliter of the medicine so it contains only 20% alcohol? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A cough medicine contains 25% alcohol. How much liquid should a pharmacist add to 120 milliliter of the medicine so it contains only 20% alcohol?
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Equation:
alcohol + alcohol = alcohol
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I'm going to assume you are adding liquid that has on alcohol in it.
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0.25*120 + 0*x = 0.20(x+120)
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Multiply both sides by 100 to get rid of the decimals:
25*120 + 0 = 20(x+120)
25*120 = 20x + 20*120
20x = 5*120
x = 5*6
x = 30 milliliters (amt of liquid that should be added)
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