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| Question 818471:  How many liters of pure water must be evaporated from 60 liters of a 3% salt water solution
 to produce a solution that will be a 5% salt water solution?
 
 Answer by TimothyLamb(4379)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! total salt in original solution: 60(0.03) = 1.8 liters
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 kept volume:
 K = 60 - E
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 salt in kept volume
 K(0.05) = 1.8 liters
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 K(0.05) = 1.8 liters
 (60 - E)(0.05) = 1.8 liters
 3 - E(0.05) = 1.8 liters
 E(0.05) = 3 - 1.8
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 E = 1.2/0.05
 E = 24
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 must evaporate 24 liters of pure water
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 check the salt concentration of the kept solution:
 1.8 liters salt / (60 - 24 liters of kept solution)
 1.8 liters salt / (36 liters of kept solution)
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 concentration of kept solution: 0.05 (correct)
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