SOLUTION: A certain contact lens solution is preserved with 0.1% sorbic acid. If a company has made a mistake and produced a solution containing 3% sorbic acid, how much pure water must be a
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Question 902011: A certain contact lens solution is preserved with 0.1% sorbic acid. If a company has made a mistake and produced a solution containing 3% sorbic acid, how much pure water must be added to 300 liters of the solution to make the correct percentages in the solution? Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, richwmiller:Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! From a practical point of view, adjusting from 3% to 0.1% only makes sense if the correct amount of sorbic acid was used but much of the water was omitted accidently (like someone forgot to add it).
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from view of acid
300*0.03=0.01*(300+x)
9=3+0.01*x
9-3=0.01*x
6=0.01*x
x=600
check
300*0.03=0.01*(300+x)
300*0.03=0.01*(900)
9=9
ok
or from view of water
1*y+0.97*300=0.99(300+y)
1*y+291=297+0.99y
1*y-0.99y=297-291
0.01y=6
y=6/0.01
y=600
There are 9 liters of acid 3% of 300 liters
If you add 600 liter of water then you have
9/900=1/100 =1%
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