Problema Solution
How much 91% alcohol should be used to make a 10 ounce solution of 50%?
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we have to assume that pure base is being added to the alcohol
concentration = alcohol/total-volume
alcohol = concentration * total-volume
total-volume = alcohol/concentration
let 'x' represent the amount of 91% alcohol used
in 10 ounces of a 50% solution, we have this much pure alcohol:
0.5 * 10 = 5 ounces
we can obtain 5 ounces of pure alcohol from this much 91% alcohol:
5/0.91 = 5.49
we need to use approximately 5.49 ounces of 91% alcohol