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Offline ikariotis

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How do I solve this problem
« on: January 21, 2014, 06:29:42 PM »
If a person consumed 100 ml of 50% methanol and we want to slow down his metabolism with an antidot for instance ethanol by wine that with 13% ethanol. How much wine do we need to slow down the oxidation rate of methanol to 5% (ethanol and methanol distribtes equal in body fluids) before consuming the wine.

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Re: How do I solve this problem
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2014, 03:05:33 AM »
You have to show your attempts at solving the question to receive help. This is a forum policy.

It is about simple ratios - methanol and ethanol are oxidized by the same metabolic pathway, so you have to add enough ethanol to make sure methanol makes 5% of the sum of ethanol and methanol.
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Re: How do I solve this problem
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2014, 10:05:29 AM »
Were you given any additional information?  This problem has some subtleties.

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