SOLUTION: A chemist has two solutions of salt with different mass percent concentration (m/m). The first solution has concentration 5.0% , and the second has one 2.0%. If you take 50g aliq

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Question 563719: A chemist has two solutions of salt with different mass percent concentration (m/m). The first solution has concentration 5.0% , and the second has one 2.0%. If you take 50g aliquots of both of these solutions and mix them together what will the concentration of the new solution be?
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A chemist has two solutions of salt with different mass percent concentration (m/m). The first solution has concentration 5.0% , and the second has one 2.0%. If you take 50g aliquots of both of these solutions and mix them together what will the concentration of the new solution be?
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It will be the average of 5% and 2% = 3.5%