SOLUTION: You need a 95% alcohol solution. On hand, you have a 60 mL of a 15% alcohol mixture. How much pure alcohol will you need to add to obtain the desired solution?
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Question 521493: You need a 95% alcohol solution. On hand, you have a 60 mL of a 15% alcohol mixture. How much pure alcohol will you need to add to obtain the desired solution?
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mL of the desired 95% solution. Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! from the view of alcohol
.15*60+a=.95(a+60)
a=960 ml of pure alcohol
from the view of nonalcohol
.85*60=.05*(60+a)
a=960 ml of pure alcohol
