Problema Solution

How many kilograms of pure salt must be added to 22kg of a 10% salt solution to obtain a 25% salt solution?

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From the question, we can write:


.10(22)+1n=.25(n+22)


Where .10, 1, and .25 are the fractional forms of the percentages 10, 100 (for pure salt), and 25. '22', 'n', and 'n+22' are the respective amounts of each of these solutions.


Using Algebrator to solve for n, we get:

n=4.4kg


This iss the amount of pure salt that must be added.