193k views
6 votes
a pharmacist has 10 and 90 iodine solutions on hand. how many liters of each iodine solution will be required to produce 8 liters of 50% iodine mixture

1 Answer

2 votes
1 litre of 10% solution contains 100mL of iodine
1 litre of 90% solution contains 900mL of iodine
Mixing them will produce 2 litres of solution containing 1000mL of iodine which is 50% iodine.
To produce 8 litres of 50% iodine they can mix 4 litres of 10% and 4 litres of 90%
User Mayuresh Deshmukh
by
8.0k points

No related questions found

Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.

9.4m questions

12.2m answers

Categories