SOLUTION: 150g of sugar was used to make a bottle of 8% syrup. How much water was used to make this bottle of syrup? How much syrup is there in this bottle?

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Question 1066877: 150g of sugar was used to make a bottle of 8% syrup. How much water was used to make this bottle of syrup? How much syrup is there in this bottle?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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w, amount of water, in GRAMS

150%2F%28w%2B150%29=0.08