SOLUTION: a chemist has c centiliters of an 85% alcohol solution. Write an expression to show how much pure alcohol she has now.

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Question 852859: a chemist has c centiliters of an 85% alcohol solution. Write an expression to show how much pure alcohol she has now.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Your description is unfortunately ambiguous. Here is an attempt irregardless of that. c%2A0.01%2Aliters%2A%280.85%29=0.85%2Ac%2A10%5E%28-2%29%2Aliters of alcohol, assuming percent is volume per volume.

You can equivalently say, this is 0.0085%2Ac%2Aliters of alcohol.