## anonymous one year ago 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.

1. misty1212

HI!!

2. misty1212

guess we have to work in ounces right?

3. misty1212

how many ounces in a quart?

4. anonymous

convert quart to ounces

5. anonymous

to get 32 ounces

6. anonymous

oops 5% of 32 not 6%

7. anonymous

so find 5% of 32

8. anonymous

by doing 0.05*32

9. anonymous

Something like that Misty, its confusing to me..

10. misty1212

this i am afraid is not quite right

11. misty1212

you are not looking for 5% of 32

12. anonymous

do u know how to solve it..?

13. misty1212

yes

14. misty1212

give me sec i will be right back

15. anonymous

okay, thank you!

16. misty1212

ok lets call the amount of bleach used say $$x$$

17. misty1212

and the amount of water or whatever is $$32-x$$ since the total is $$32$$

18. misty1212

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

19. misty1212

ok i was wrong, @heretohelpalways was correct

20. misty1212

use $$1.6$$ ounces of bleach, the rest $$32-1.6$$ of water or whatever

21. anonymous

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