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1) A chemist has 250 ml of a 5% acid solution. How much water should be added to this solution to reduce it to a 3% solution.

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Answer:

153.1ml

Explanation:

We have 12.5ml of acid in the solution.

If we want this to be 3% then we can divide this value by 3 and times by 100 to get the total value.

416.6ml total solution amount

415.6-12.5-250=153.1

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