Ella has 0.5 lbs of sugar. How much water should she add to make the following concentrations? Tell Ella how much syrup she will have in each case. 20% syrup?

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Gsanta · Answer 1 · 2021-09-06T16:58:06+0000

I'm guessing the % of syrup refers to the % of sugar it has, therefore:

20% = 20 / 100 = 0.2

0.2 * x = 0.5

x = 0.5/0.2

x = 2.5

She will have 2.5 lbs of syrup