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Ella has 0.5 lbs of sugar. How much water should she add to make the following concentrations? Tell Ella how much syrup she will have in each case.

1.5% syrup?

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Answer:

Ella has to add 32.833 lbs of water to get 33.333 lbs of syrup.

Explanation:

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Ella has to add 32.833 lbs of water to get 33.333 lbs of syrup.

Solution:

Ella has 0.5 lbs of sugar. Let x lbs be the amount of water Ella should add to get the 1.5% of syrup,


\Rightarrow0.5\text{ lbs }- 1.5\%


\Rightarrow x+0.5\text{ lbs }- 100\%

On writing the proportion,


\Rightarrow(0.5)/(x+0.5)=(1.5)/(100)\\ \\\Rightarrow0.5\cdot 100=(x+0.5)\cdot 1.5\\ \\\Rightarrow50=1.5x+0.75\\ \\\Rightarrow1.5x=50-0.75\\ \\\Rightarrow1.5x=49.25\\ \\\Rightarrow x=(49.25)/(1.5)\approx 32.833\ lbs

To get 1.5% syrup Ella should add 32.833 lbs of water. The total weight of syrup is 33.333 lbs.

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