SOLUTION: One litre of water was mixed to 6 litres of sugar solution containing 4% of sugar.What is the percentage of sugar in the solution? a)3 b)4 c)6 d)insufficient data

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Question 718590: One litre of water was mixed to 6 litres of sugar solution containing 4% of sugar.What is the percentage of sugar in the solution?
a)3 b)4 c)6 d)insufficient data

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One litre of water was mixed to 6 litres of sugar solution containing 4% of sugar.What is the percentage of sugar in the solution?
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Originally, there was 4% sugar in 6 liters=.04*6
When adding 1 liter of water, this same amount was in 7 liters=.04*6/7≈3.43%