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Question 368903: how many mililiters of a 10% alcohol solution must be added to 50
mililiters of 10% alcohol solution to make a 15% alcohol solution?
Found 2 solutions by mananth, robertb:
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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Answer by robertb(5830) About Me  (Show Source):
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There will be no answer here, because no matter how much 10% alcohol solution you add to another 10% alcohol solution, the resulting mixture will still be a 10% alcohol solution (by volume). It would be impossible to get 15% alcohol solution from this.