Question

You have a solution that is 18.5% methyl alcohol. If the bottle contains 1.43 L of solution, what is the volume in milliliters of methyl alcohol?

Answer 1

We have the next given information:

-18.5% is the percentage of methyl alcohol

- The bottle contains 1.43 L

Now, we need to convert the percentage into a decimal.

Then 18.5% = 0.185

We need to determinate the volume in millimeters for methyl alcohol:

If 143L of solution contains 18.5% of methyl alcohol. Therefore:

The volume of methyl alcohol = 1.43 * 0.185

= 0.26455 L

Then, we need to convert Liters to milliliters:

1L ---------------------------- 1000ml

0.26455 L ------------------ x

Where x = (0.26455 L*1000ml)/1L

x =264.55ml