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how many grams of pure water must be added to 40 grams of a 10% saline solution to make a saline solution tha is 5% salt?

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40 would be your answer! Hope this helps!
User Setily
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Answer:

40 grams

Explanation:

going from 10% to 5% would be to double the quantity of the water.

User Bogdan Evsenev
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