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A milkman initially prepared a mixture of milk and water

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Let the original quantity of milk and water in the mixture be 11x litres and 3x litres, respectively After replacing half the mixture with 30 litres of water, Quantity of milk remaining in the mixture 11x 2 5.5x litres Quantity of water remaining in the mixture 3x 2 30 1.5x 30 litres According to the question, 5.5x1.5x 30 5.5x 55100 Or, 550x 385x 1650 So, 165x 1650 So, x 1650 165 10 So, original quantity of the mixture 11x 3x 14x 14 X 10 140 litres

in the ratio of 11:3. Later, he replaced half of the mixture with 30 liters of water, resulting in a new mixture where the milk content became 55%. Determine the original total quantity of the mixture.

A 140 litres

B 161 litres

C 126 litres

D 210 litres

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