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evablogger [386]
3 years ago
11

How many gallons of pure water should be evaporated from 160 gallons of a solution containing 12% salt so that the remaining sol

ution contains 20% salt?
Mathematics
2 answers:
bazaltina [42]3 years ago
6 0
X= # gallons of pure water that should be evaporated

The total amount of salt must be equal before and after evaporation.
STEP 1
BEFORE EVAPORATION: multiply the percent of salt in the solution before evaporation by the total gallons of solution
= 12% * 160 gallonsconvert 12% to decimal form (12% ÷ 100)
= 0.12 * 60

STEP 2
AFTER EVAPORATION: subtract the number of gallons of pure water that should be evaporated from the total number of gallons of the solution and multiply by the percent of salt in the solution after evaporation

= 20% * (160 - x)convert 20% to decimal form (20% ÷ 100)
= 0.20(160 - x)

STEP 3
Set the before & after evaporation equations equal to one another to solve for x.
0.12 * 160= 0.20(160 - x)multiply 0.20 by each term in parentheses
19.2= (0.20 * 160) + (0.20 * -x)multiply in parentheses
19.2 = 32 - 0.20xsubtract 32 from both sides
-12.8= -0.20xdivide both sides by -0.20
64 gallons= x

CHECK:substitute x= 64 into the step 3 equation
0.12 * 160= 0.20(160 - x)19.2= 0.20(160 - 64)subtract in parentheses19.2= 0.20(96)19.2= 19.2

ANSWER: 64 gallons of pure water should be evaporated.
Hope this helps!  :)
Cerrena [4.2K]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

This is actually asking you to highlight the question and clues as you read.. just hit DONE, it will go on to the actual question which is:

What are you being asked to find in this problem?

The answer is How many gallons of pure water should be evaporated, so the first answer is correct...

Step-by-step explanation:

on edg Good Luck!!!

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