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Mixtures Problem
Mixtures Problem
How much water should be added to 200 milliliters of a 10% salt solution
to get a 2% salt solution?
(Concentrations here are mass-to-volume concentrations, measured in
[g/mL] units, grams of the salt per 1 milliliter of the solution volume).
Solution
Since an initial solution concentration is 10%, it contains 0.1 [g/mL]*200
mL = 20 g (grams) of salt.
Let us denote as x a volume of water in milliliters, which should be added
to 200 mL of the solution to get a 2% solution.
After adding water, the volume of the solution will be 200 mL + x mL =
(200 + x) mL.
The mass of salt remains the same in the new solution, i.e. 20 grams.
Since the concentration after adding water should be equal to 2%, this
gives us an equation
.
Simplify this equation step by step:
(after multiplication both sides by
);
.
So,
The last step is to check the solution. Simply substitute the value
of
);
The last step is to check the solution. Simply substitute the value
of
The last step is to check the solution. Simply substitute the value
of
How much water should be added to 200 milliliters of a 10% acid solution
to get a 2% acid solution?
(Concentrations here are volume-to-volume concentrations, measured in
[mL/mL] units, milliliter of the acid volume per 1 milliliter of the solution
volume).
Solution
Since an initial solution concentration is 10%, it contains 0.1 [mL/mL]*200
mL = 20 mL (milliliters) of acid.
Let us denote as x a volume of water in milliliters, which should be added
to 200 mL of the solution to get a 2% solution.
After adding water, the volume of the solution will be 200 mL + x mL =
(200 + x) mL.
The volume of acid remains the same in the new solution, i.e. 20 milliliters.
Since the concentration after adding water should be equal to 2%, this
gives us an equation
.
This equation is the same as in Problem 1.
Solve it yourself as an exercise.
Answer. 800 mL of water should be added to 200 milliliters of the 10%
acid solution to get the 2% acid solution.
The last step is to check the solution. Simply substitute the value
of
How much of the 10% acid solution should be added to 1000 milliliters of
a 2% acid solution to get a 4% acid solution?
into the
This is the linear equation. (Note that this is the same form equation as in
the Problem 5).
Check: