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I'm confused by the wording used for this problem: "A pharmacist has 100 ounces of a solution that is 3.5% iodine and 96.5% alcohol. How much alcoh
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Question 954350: Hello guys, I need help here :(
I'm confused by the wording used for this problem: "A pharmacist has 100 ounces of a solution that is 3.5% iodine and 96.5% alcohol. How much alcohol should the pharmacist add to get a 1.5% iodine solution?"
Could you please explain it to me step by step?
Thank you in advance. Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 3.5% of 100 ounces is 3.5 ounces iodine. The question is how much alcohol to add to 3.5 ounces iodine to have a 1.5% solution: 3.5oz/0.015=233.3 ounces. The total solution will be 233.3 ounces and you already have 100 ounces, so you must add (233.3 ounces-100 ounces)=133.3 ounces of alcohol.
-OR- =original percentage of iodine; =original amount of solution;
. =desired percentage of iodine; = amount of alcohol to add
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Percentages must be in decimal form(i.e. 15%=0.15)
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