Question 1110381: How much water must be added to 960ml of acid which contains 10% pure acid to obtain a solution containing 8% pure acid? Answer by ikleyn(52787) (Show Source):
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How much water must be added to 960ml of acid which contains 10% pure acid to obtain a solution containing 8% pure acid?
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This formulation is NOT PRECISELY CORRECT. So I fix it this way:
How much water must be added to 960 ml of acid solution which contains 10% pure acid to obtain a solution containing 8% pure acid?
Solution
= 0.08,
where x is the amount of the water under the question.
Solve this equation for x.
Your first step is to multiply both sides of the equation by (960+x).
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