Chapter 9, Problem 9.91CP

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

Volume of total alcohol when assuming a blood volume of $\text{5}\text{.0L}$ has to be identified.

Concept introduction:

In order to express the concentration, many units have been used. One among them is

Volume/volume percentage, $\left(\text{v/v}\right)\text{\%,}$ defined as milliliters of solute dissolved in $100mL$ of solution. And is given by,

$\left(\text{v/v}\right)\text{\% }\text{=}\frac{\text{Volume}\text{of}\text{solute}}{\text{Volume}\text{of}\text{solution}}\text{×}\text{100}$