SOLUTION: how much kg of water to be added to 38 kg of 60 % hydrofluoric acid to make it 40 % of hydrofluoric acid.?

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Question 1058545: how much kg of water to be added to 38 kg of 60 % hydrofluoric acid to make it 40 % of hydrofluoric acid.?
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how much kg of water to be added to 38 kg of 60 % hydrofluoric acid to make it 40 % of hydrofluoric acid.?
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Your equation is

0.6*38 = 0.4(38+W),

where W is the unknown volume of water to be added.

Simplify and solve for W.

By the way, it is better to formulate this problem in the volume terms (liters) than in the mass terms (kilograms).


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    - More Mixture problems
    - Solving typical word problems on mixtures for solutions
    - Word problems on mixtures for antifreeze solutions
    - Word problems on mixtures for alloys
    - Typical word problems on mixtures from the archive
in this site.

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The referred lessons are the part of this textbook in the section "Word problems" under the topic "Mixture problems".

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