Question

A chemist is using 383 milliliters of a solution of acid and water. If 16.6% of the solution is acid, how many milliliters of acid are there? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

63.6 millimeters of acid

Explanation:

• 0.166 is simply 16.6% as a decimal.

Multiplying 0.166 by 383 will allow to determine how many millimeters of acid are in the chemist's solution:

Amount of acid = 0.166 * 383

Amount of acid = 63.578

Since we want to round the answer to the nearest tenth, there are about 63.6 millimeters of acid in the solution.