You will have 14.72 oz of water and 9.28 oz of alcohol in the total of 24 oz,now all you have to figure is the percentage. I figured that in my head as I never had algebra or Calc and barely passed math in high school. Dave
On Thu, Mar 14, 2019 at 8:42 AM PT Ferrance <ptf2...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Thanks to you both. Unfortunately this is the kind of thing I have been > experiencing... widely divergent results. > PT > > > > On Thursday, March 14, 2019, 10:20:42 AM EDT, Ron <ron....@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > I thought it would be 2/3 of 116 = 77.3256 > > On 3/14/2019 7:10 AM, abela...@atlasnova.com wrote: > > 38.66666 > > > > Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for > Windows 10 > > > > *From: *PT Ferrance <ptf2...@bellsouth.net> > *Sent: *Thursday, March 14, 2019 6:26 AM > *To: *Silverlist Post <silver-list@eskimo.com> > *Subject: *CS>OT > > > > This is almost embarrassing to admit except I am so long away from > algebra... I am tincturing using a new device which requires a minimum of > 2 cups of liquid but 3 is better so that is what I am using. > > > > The problem is: if I combine 8oz of 40% ethanol (80 proof) with 8oz of > 76% ethanol (153 proof) and then add 8oz of distilled water, what > percentage of ethanol will the final 3 cups be? > > > > I'm blushing to even have to write this but I have to get this project > done and the final amount of ethanol needs to be known. I would really > appreciate understanding how to get the final answer so I can just make > adjustments going forward. > > > > Thanks for any help you can give. > > PT > > > > > >
