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Old 07-21-2008, 05:50 AM   #8 (permalink)
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The question says "the strength of the solution went down by one-third".

The original strength of the solution is given as 24%.
One third of 24% is 8%. So the new strength of the solution is 24-8 = 16%.

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Originally Posted by grems View Post
Where does the 16% come from?

I had the equation set up properly but got thrown off by what the right side of the equation should look like.
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