SOLUTION: hey my question on my assignment is YOU START WITH A SOLUTION CONTAINING 50% SALT TO A SOLUTION CONTAINING 90% SALT. YOUR ENDING SOLUTION IS 95% SALT. TRUE OR FALSE, EXPLAIM WHY...

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Question 809148: hey my question on my assignment is YOU START WITH A SOLUTION CONTAINING 50% SALT TO A SOLUTION CONTAINING 90% SALT. YOUR ENDING SOLUTION IS 95% SALT. TRUE OR FALSE, EXPLAIM WHY...i cant explain why...
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(The system is cutting-off most of my answer)---50%, at least in water, even any other solvent, in not credible; 90 and 95% salt solutions, still less credible. That is the one of the explanations.

As to the more expected type of answer, just imagine how could you have two solutions(liquids) of concentration of some r, u, and you want to mix them to make a concentration of v. Now imagine that r