You need a 45% alcohol solution. On hand, you have a 495 mL of a 40% alcohol mixture. How much pure alcohol will you need to add to obtain the desired solution? You will need  mL of pure alcohol to obtain  mL of the desired 45% solution.

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You need a 45% alcohol solution. On hand, you have a 495 mL of a 40% alcohol mixture. How much pure alcohol will you need to add to obtain the desired solution?

You will need
 mL of pure alcohol
to obtain
 mL of the desired 45% solution.

 

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