Math help please :)

[glasseye]

I have a flavoring that is recommended at .5% and I don't have any Thumbelina syringes darn it. I want to take this bottle, 5ml of flavoring, and add 25ml of VG, put it all in a 30ml bottle and then use my regular 1ml syringes.

Question is- what is my flavoring percentage now? I'm sure the answer I got is wrong, it usually is. lol

 

[Wingsfan0310]

I believe it would be 2.5% because 5ml to 25ml is 1/5. To get back to 1 you would multiple by 5.
5 x .5 = 2.5

Cheers,
Steve

 

[mmsjs5]

I have a flavoring that is recommended at .5% and I don't have any Thumbelina syringes darn it. I want to take this bottle, 5ml of flavoring, and add 25ml of VG, put it all in a 30ml bottle and then use my regular 1ml syringes.

Question is- what is my flavoring percentage now? I'm sure the answer I got is wrong, it usually is. lol

I think it would be 3%. For every 5 ml of VG you add, you increase the % to be used by .5%, so the long way to do this (because it's how my brain works ) would be this:

You have 5 ml =.5%

If you add 5 ml VG you have 10 ml = 1%

add another 5 ml 15 ml =1.5%

add another 5 ml 20 ml =2%

add another 5 ml 25 ml = 2.5%

add another 5 ml 30 ml = 3%

That's how I'd figure it and other things. I'm sure there's a math equation for it, but don't have it in my head.

 

[glasseye]

Thank you both!

 

[Wingsfan0310]

I was thinking 5ml to 25 when I should have been thinking 5 to 30 and multipling .5 by 6 to get 3%. Sorry about that

Cheers,
Steve

I think it would be 3%. For every 5 ml of VG you add, you increase the % to be used by .5%, so the long way to do this (because it's how my brain works ) would be this:

You have 5 ml =.5%

If you add 5 ml VG you have 10 ml = 1%

add another 5 ml 15 ml =1.5%

add another 5 ml 20 ml =2%

add another 5 ml 25 ml = 2.5%

add another 5 ml 30 ml = 3%

That's how I'd figure it and other things. I'm sure there's a math equation for it, but don't have it in my head.

 

[glasseye]

Steve, no problem! 2.5% was my answer too. MMsjs5 writing it down like that makes sense. Now. lol