Question 404828
a solution contains 0.3 liters of sulfuric acid.
if this represents 12% of the total amount, find the total amount.
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Let x = the total amt
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12% of the total is .3 liters of acid
.12x = .3
x = {{{.3/.12}}}
x = 2.5 liters of solution
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That's not so hard, is it?