Chapter 1, Problem 1.34FU

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

To determine the percentage of ethylene glycol which is fatal.

Concept introduction:

If there are two components A and B in a mixture:

Then,

  $\begin{array}{l}\text{percentage}\text{of}\text{A=}\frac{\text{mass}\text{of}\text{A}\text{in}\text{mixture}}{\text{Total}\text{mass}\text{of }\text{mixture}}\times 100\\ \text{percentage}\text{of}B\text{=}\frac{\text{mass}\text{of}B\text{in}\text{mixture}}{\text{Total}\text{mass}\text{of }\text{mixture}}\times 100\end{array}$