Question

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.

25% syrup?

Answer 1

2. 25% - add 1.5 lbs of water to get 2 lbs of syrup

To get 25% syrup Ella should add 1.5 lbs of water. The total weight of strup is 2 lbs.

3. 1.5% syrup:

0.5 lbs - 1.5%

x+0.5 lbs - 100%

Explanation: