SOLUTION: what is the resulting strength if you have 75 milliliters of a 4% solution and you dilute it by adding water to prepare 200 milliliters of solution.

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Question 754611: what is the resulting strength if you have 75 milliliters of a 4% solution and you dilute it by adding water to prepare 200 milliliters of solution.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Almost by intuition, (75/200)*4 %
The factor applied to the concentration is 3%2F8, same as 75%2F200.