Answer:
You know that 5 g of sugar form 12%. Let x g be the amount of water needed. The total amount of syrup will be x+5 g. Then
5 g - 12%,
x+5 g - 100%.
mathematically you can write a proportion;
5/x+5=12/100
=>500=12(x+5)
,500=12x+60
,12x=400,
x=440/12
=110/3
=36 2/3g of water36.66 grams of water is added to make 12% sugar syrup using 5g sugar.
What is Ratio?A ratio is an ordered pair of numbers a and b, written a / b where b does not equal 0.
Let the amount of water is added be 'x'.
Amount of sugar = 5 g
We need to make 12% of sugar syrup.
x grams of water is added to 5 g of sugar, to 12% of sugar syrup.
5/5+x=12/100
Apply cross multiplication
5×100=12(5+x)
500=60+12x
Subtract 60 from both sides
440=12x
Divide both sides by 12
x=36.66
Hence, 36.66 grams of water is added to make 12% sugar syrup using 5g sugar.
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