Question

According to a magazine, a cleaning solution of 5% bleach will remove mildew from a shower or tub.

a. How many ounces of bleach do you need to make a quart of 5% bleach solution?
b. Explain the method you used using complete sentences.

Answer 1

HI!!

Answer 2

guess we have to work in ounces right?

Answer 3

how many ounces in a quart?

Answer 4

convert quart to ounces

Answer 5

to get 32 ounces

Answer 6

oops 5% of 32 not 6%

Answer 7

so find 5% of 32

Answer 8

by doing 0.05*32

Answer 9

Something like that Misty, its confusing to me..

Answer 10

this i am afraid is not quite right

Answer 11

you are not looking for 5% of 32

Answer 12

do u know how to solve it..?

Answer 13

yes

Answer 14

give me sec i will be right back

Answer 15

okay, thank you!

Answer 16

ok lets call the amount of bleach used say \(x\)

Answer 17

and the amount of water or whatever is \(32-x\) since the total is \(32\)

Answer 18

then the amount of bleach in the total mixture is \(x\) and you want that to be \(5\%\) of \(32\) which is \(32\times .05=1.6\)

Answer 19

ok i was wrong, @heretohelpalways was correct

Answer 20

use \(1.6\) ounces of bleach, the rest \(32-1.6\) of water or whatever

Answer 21

ok, u at least made it less confusing. thank u for explaining it tho misty!