Question

if 10 ml of acetone (60) is diluted with water to a total solution volume of 200 ml, what is the percent by volume of acetone in the solution?

Answer 1

Answer:

5%

Explanation:

Given parameters:

Volume of original acetone before dilution = 10ml

Volume of diluted solution = 200ml

Unknown:

Percent volume of acetone in the solution = ?

Solution:

To find the percent volume of acetone in the diluted solution, use the expression below;

 Percent volume of acetone = $\frac{volume of original acetone}{diluted volume} x 100$

Insert the parameters and solve;

 Percent volume of acetone  = $\frac{10}{200}$  x 100 = 5%