You need a 5% alcohol solution. On hand, you have a 55 mL of a 40% alcohol mixture. How much pure water will you need to add to obtain the desired solution? A) Write an equation using the information as it is given above that can be used to solve this problem. Use xx as your variable to represent the amount of pure water you need to use. Equation: show equation; ho many ML of desired  5% solution?

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You need a 5% alcohol solution. On hand, you have a 55 mL of a 40% alcohol mixture. How much pure water will you need to add to obtain the desired solution?

A) Write an equation using the information as it is given above that can be used to solve this problem. Use xx as your variable to represent the amount of pure water you need to use.
Equation:

show equation;

ho many ML of desired  5% solution? 

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