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We have 500 grams of a 10% salt solution. How many grams of water must be added to dulite the solution to form a 4% solution. Show work

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500x.04= 200 grams?


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User Hiroyuki
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hmm, one way is this
there's 500 times 0.10 or 50 grams of salt in the water
if we want to make 50 grams=4% of everything, how much water do we need to add

50=4% of all
50=0.04 of all
divide both sides by 0.04
1250=all
so
500+what=1250
minus 500 both sides
what=750

750 grams of water
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