Concentration 4419
We added 300 g of water to a 400 g of salt solution. This step reduces the solution's concentration by 5%. How much water did the original solution contain, and what was its concentration?
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Emcl
I think this answer is wrong, since original solution has 400g, how can it has 1406g water. we can set original concentration is x,then 400x/(300+400)=x-5%, then x is 11.67%.
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