How do I solve this problem? "vinegar is a 5% solution by volume of acetic acid. a 100 ml sample contains what volume of concentrated acid and what volume of water? show work."

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D. Y.
Feb 18, 2018

#5# mL acetic acid
#95# mL water

Explanation:

Since #5%# of the vinegar, by volume, is acetic acid, and we have #100# mL of vinegar, we have #5# mL of vinegar.

Similarly, we have #100% - 5% = 95%# being water, so we have #95# mL of water.

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