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Jug contains water and orange juice in the ratio 5:7 . anoth

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Re: Jug contains water and orange juice in the ratio 5:7 . anoth [#permalink]  21 Apr 2014, 20:21
Quantity of Orange Juice in

Jug 1 $$= \frac{7}{12}$$

Jug 2 $$= \frac{2}{9}$$

Requirement in the mixture$$= \frac{4}{7}$$

Using Alligation method

$$\frac{\frac{4}{7} - \frac{2}{9}}{\frac{7}{12} - \frac{4}{7}}$$

$$= \frac{88}{3}$$
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Re: Jug contains water and orange juice in the ratio 5:7 . anoth [#permalink]  02 May 2014, 02:29
Hello ,

Can someone please show how to do this problem by allegation
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Re: Jug contains water and orange juice in the ratio 5:7 . anoth [#permalink]  02 May 2014, 18:08
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Can someone please show how to do this problem by allegation

This solution: jug-contains-water-and-orange-juice-in-the-ratio-5-7-anoth-111775.html#p904568
and many others are based on alligation
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