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In 70 liters of a mixture of milk and water ,the quantity of water is 10%. how much water should be added so that new mixture may 25% water.
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In 70 liters of a mixture of milk and water ,the quantity of water is 10%. how much water should be added so that new mixture may 25% water.
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Please post answer choices for PS problems. Also make sure you don't reword the questions you post.

As for the question:
There are 10% of water in 70L --> there are 7L of waters;
After x liters of water is added amount of water becomes (7+x) liters, which on the other hand is 1/4th (25%) of new (70+x) liters of mixture: 7+x=1/4*(70+x) --> 28+4x=70+x --> x=14.

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25 Jan 2012, 02:16
70 = 0,1W + 0,9M
Water = 7 Liter

New1: Add x-Liter water to increase W% from 10% to 25%
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7+x = (70+x)1/4
-42/4 = -3/4x
14 = x

You need to add 14 Liter of Water to get a total of 21 Liter of Water in 84Liter of mixture
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In 70 liters of a mixture of milk and water ,the quantity of water is 10%. how much water should be added so that new mixture may 25% water.
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Check out how to handle generic mixture questions here:
http://www.veritasprep.com/blog/2011/04 ... -mixtures/

The formula discussed can be used in a ton of questions including this one. Once you get used to this method of solving, you will pretty much be solving this question orally. After going through the post, see if this makes sense:

Solution 1 has 10% water.
Solution 2 has 100% water. (You are mixing solution 1 with pure water.)
Mixture should have 25% water.
w1/w2 = (100 – 25)/(25 – 10) = 75/15 = 5/1
So volume of solution 1 : volume of water = 5:1
Solution 1 is 70 litres, so 14 litres of water must be added.
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In 70 liters of a mixture of milk and water ,the quantity of water is 10%. how much water should be added so that new mixture may 25% water.
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VeritasPrepKarishma, How can we come to know which problems can be solved using the weighted averages formula..Is it applicable to all mixture problems?Or specific ones?
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VeritasPrepKarishma, How can we come to know which problems can be solved using the weighted averages formula..Is it applicable to all mixture problems?Or specific ones?

For most mixture problems, weighted average formula is quite convenient. Whenever you add two things and consider the final solution or have the final solution and split it into two, weighted averages formula is relevant. For some replacement problems, you need additional theory discussed here: http://www.veritasprep.com/blog/2012/01 ... -mixtures/
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Thank you for the response Karishma..Will look into the article and implement it for mixture problems..
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