SOLUTION: If 10 grams of salt are present in 500 mL of saline solution, what is the percentage of salt in the solution? For some reason, I came up with %=part/whole*100 as a possible way

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Question 460850: If 10 grams of salt are present in 500 mL of saline solution, what is the percentage of salt in the solution?
For some reason, I came up with %=part/whole*100 as a possible way to solve the problem, but I could be wrong and am lost.
Thanks,
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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If 10 grams of salt are present in 500 mL of saline solution, what is the percentage of salt in the solution?
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10g/500mL = (1/50)g/mL = 0.005g/mL = 0.5%
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Cheers,
Stan H.