Question: Radhika made a solution by dissolving 40 g of salt in 100 g of water. Her friend, Saloni took 50 g solution from the solution prepared by Radhika and added 5 g more salt to it. Find the final concentration (w/w%) of this new solution.
Solution:
Mass of solute = 40 g
Mass of solvent = 100 g
Mass of solution = Mass of (solute + solvent) = 40 g + 100 g = 140 g
Now, 140 g solution contain 40 g solute
then, 50 g solution will contain solute = (40 g/140 g)*100 = 14.29 g
More solute added = 5 g
Mass of solute in new solution = 14.29 + 5 = 19.29 g
Mass of new solution = 50 + 5 = 55 g
w/w% of new solution = (19.29 g/55 g)*100 = 35.07 %
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