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General Questions These questions are not explicitly keyed to chapter topics; many requ...

General Questions

These questions are not explicitly keyed to chapter topics; many require integration of several concepts.

The fluoridation of city water supplies has been practiced in the United States for several decades because it is believed that fluoride prevents tooth decay, especially in young children. This is done by continuously adding sodium fluoride to water as it comes from a reservoir. Assume you live in a medium-sized city of 150,000 people and that each person uses 175 gal water per day. How many tons of sodium fluoride must you add to the water supply each year (365 days) to have the required fluoride concentration of 1 part per million (that is, 1 ton of fluoride per million tons of water)? (Sodium fluoride is 45.0% fluoride, and 1 U.S. gallon of water has a mass of 8.34 lb.)

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