Isopropyl alcohol is mixed with water to produce a solution that is 36.0% alcohol by volume. How many milliliters of each component are present in 695 mL of this solution?

Question

Isopropyl alcohol is mixed with water to produce a solution that is 

 alcohol by volume.

How many milliliters of each component are present in  of this solution?

Answer 1

If the solution is 36.0% alcohol by volume and we have 695 ml, then we have...

695 ml x 0.360 = 250.2 ml of alcohol

695 ml x 0.640 = 444.8 ml of water