From a 10-mL sample, a 1-mL aliquot was taken and diluted to 100mL.  From this, a 5-mL aliquot was taken and diluted to 20mL. The final 20mL was found to have a concentration of 0.004M analyte X. What is the concentration of analyte X in the 10-mL sample?

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From a 10-mL sample, a 1-mL aliquot was taken and diluted to 100mL
From this, a 5-mL aliquot was taken and diluted to 20mL.
The final 20mL was found to have a concentration of 0.004M analyte X.
What is the concentration of analyte X in the 10-mL sample?

a.16 M
b.1.6 M
c.0.016 M
d.0.004 M
e.0.001 M
f.0.00001 M
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