Question

Emily added 5 grams of water into 20 grams of 50% salt solution.

She made ___ grams of ___% salt solution.

Answer 1

Answers:
She made ___25___ grams of ___40___% salt solution

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The given info "20 grams of 50% salt solution" tells us that we have 10 grams of pure salt
Since 50% of 20 = 0.50*20 = 10
Put another way, we have 10 grams of pure salt out of 20 total so 10/20 = 0.50 = 50% salt solution

The 20 grams of solution updates to 25 grams of solution when we add the 5 grams of water
We don't add any salt, assuming this water is fresh water

So we still have 10 grams of pure salt out of 25 grams now
10/25 = 2/5 = 0.40 = 40% is the new salt concentration