Question
There are two buckets X and Y containing mixture of milk
and water in which concentration of milk is (a-9)% and (a+15)%, respectively. They are mixed together in a fixed ratio to get 64 litres of mixture of (a+12)% milk concentration. Find the amount of mixture used from bucket X.Solution
Ratio = 3: 21 = 1: 7 Therefore, required amount of mixture used from bucket X = (1/8) × 64 = 8 litres.
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