A pharmacy technician has received an order for 0.5 L of 40% ethanol. On hand, the pharmacy has pure ethanol and 70% ethanol. She tries to use the alligation method to determine how much of each of these concentrations to use to achieve a 40% solution, but the calculations do not work because neither of the concentrations on hand is less than 40%. He decides to use the 70% ethanol for the higher concentration. What should he use for the lower concentration to achieve the 40% concentration?
A. 10% isopropanol
B. saline
C. water
D. pure alcohol
Answer: C
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