You need a 85% alcohol solution. On hand, you have a 75 mL of a 80% 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 85% solution. I asked this previously and the answer was 18.75 and this is not correct.

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You need a 85% alcohol solution. On hand, you have a 75 mL of a 80% 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 85% solution. I asked this previously and the answer was 18.75 and this is not correct. 

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