Alligation or Mixture problems
A mixture is composed of 11 parts of pure milk and 2 parts of water. If 35 litres of water were added to the mixture then the new mixture will contain twice as much pure milk as water, then how many litres of pure milk does the original mixture contain?
By the rule of alligation: Cost of 1 kg pulses of 1st kind Cost of 1 kg pulses of 2nd kind Rs. 15 Mean Price Rs. 16.50 Rs. 20 3.50 1.50 ∴ Required rate = 3.50 : 1.50 = 7 : 3.
By the rule of alligation, we have: Profit on 1st part Profit on 2nd part 8% Mean Profit 14% 18% 4 6 Ration of 1st and 2nd parts = 4 : 6 = 2 : 3 ∴ Quantity of 2nd kind = ❨ 3 x 1000 ❩kg = 600 kg.
The given solution has 75% milk.
Milk to be added has 100% milk.
Milk should be added to the given mixture in the ratio 15 : 10 or 3 : 2
Quantity of milk to be added = (3 / 2) × 6 = 9 liters.
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