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    Default 5% dilution of essential oil mix

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    think I need some help with the math here...

    If I want to dilute an essential oil mix in a carrier oil every

    book I have read recommends a 5% mix, but I have read several different ways of making this 5% which confuses

    me:

    One source said that I should take 100 ml carrier oil and mix it with 5 ml essential oil, thus making it

    5 % since 5 ml / 100 ml = 0.05 = 5 %.

    Another source said that 95 ml carrier oil and 5 ml essential oil give

    a 5 % solution.

    I am inclined to accept the latter, since the *whole* volume is 100 ml and 5 ml of this 100ml

    is essential oil, thus 5% dilution.

    Do I assume correctly or am I just stupid?

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    100 plus 5 = 105.

    5/105 is not

    5 percent.

    5/100 is.

    95 plus 5 = 100.

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    Thank you, I *am* not stupid

    after all! *sobbing*

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