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Solution A is 20% salt and Solution B is 80% salt. If you have 30 ounces of solution A and 60 ounces of solution B, in what ratio could you mix Solution A with Solution B to produce 50 ounces of a 50% salt solution?

A. 6:4
B. 6:14
C. 4:4
D. 4:6
E. 3:7
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the ACs are quite strange.

weingt of a = x
xa+b(1-x) = 0.5(a+b)
xa - 0.5a = 0.5b - b(1-x)
a(x-0.5) = b (x-0.5)
a = b =25.

total = a+b = 25+25 = 50
salt = 50% 0f 50 = 25%
salt from a = 20% of 25 = 5
salt from b = 80% of 25 = 20
so total = 25 which is 50% of 50.

so it should be 4:4.
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let:
x = ounces taken from solution A (20% salt)
y = ounces taken from solution B (80% salt)

to prepare 50 ounce 50% salt.

first equation is simple:
x + y = 50

to get another equation so as to be able to solve, compute salt contents.

20% of x + 80% of y = 50% of 50 or
x/5 + 4/5 * y = 25 or
x+4y = 125

solve two equations to get:
x = 25
y = 25

so solutions has to mix in
1:1 oops 4:4
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prashantbacchewar wrote:
Solution A is 20% salt and Solution B is 80% salt. If you have 30 ounces of solution A and 60 ounces of solution B, in what ratio could you mix Solution A with Solution B to produce 50 ounces of a 50% salt solution?
6:4
6:14
4:4
4:6
3:7

What is faster way to solve this

I am not good at PS but here is my take on this

6+4/5*y*60 = 1/2 (30 +y*60)
Solve:
12+96y=30+60y
36 y = 18
y = 1/2

So y of 60 = 30
Ratio is 1:1 which is 4:4.
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let in the final solution : contribution of A = x. B's = 50 -x.
0.2x + 0.8(50-x) = 50*0.5
solving x =25 = A's, B's = 25.

hence, 4:4, C
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prashantbacchewar wrote:
Solution A is 20% salt and Solution B is 80% salt. If you have 30 ounces of solution A and 60 ounces of solution B, in what ratio could you mix Solution A with Solution B to produce 50 ounces of a 50% salt solution?
6:4
6:14
4:4
4:6
3:7

What is faster way to solve this

Forget the volumes for the time being.
You have to mix 20% and 80% solutions to get 50%. This is very straight forward since 50 is int he middle of 20 and 80 so we need both solutions in equal quantities. If this doesn't strike, use
w1/w2 = (A2 - Aavg)/(Aavg - A1)
w1/w2 = (80 - 50)/(50 - 20) = 1/1
So the volume of the two solutions will be equal. Answer has to be 4:4.

For details of this formula, see
http://www.veritasprep.com/blog/2011/03 ... -averages/
http://www.veritasprep.com/blog/2011/04 ... ge-brutes/
http://www.veritasprep.com/blog/2011/04 ... -mixtures/
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If you [#permalink] ### Show Tags 08 Sep 2013, 07:32 If you have to look for the weights of different ingredients to come up with a target mix, there is an easy formula that you can apply: W = weight C = concentration Wa/Wb = (Cb - Cavg)/(Cavg - Ca) => Wa/Wb = (0.8-0.5)/(0.5-0.2) = 0.3/0.3 = 1/1 => The only multiple of 1/1 in the answer choices is 4/4 Current Student Joined: 06 Sep 2013 Posts: 2005 Concentration: Finance Followers: 68 Kudos [?]: 643 [0], given: 355 Re: Solution A is 20% salt and Solution B is 80% salt. If you [#permalink] ### Show Tags 16 Dec 2013, 06:57 desiguy wrote: Solution A is 20% salt and Solution B is 80% salt. If you have 30 ounces of solution A and 60 ounces of solution B, in what ratio could you mix Solution A with Solution B to produce 50 ounces of a 50% salt solution? A. 6:4 B. 6:14 C. 4:4 D. 4:6 E. 3:7 Applying differentials. Forget the volumes -3x+3y=0 3x=3y x=y So they have to be the same weight both So 1:1 = 4:4 C is the correct answer Cheers! 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Senior Manager Status: Math is psycho-logical Joined: 07 Apr 2014 Posts: 441 Location: Netherlands GMAT Date: 02-11-2015 WE: Psychology and Counseling (Other) Followers: 2 Kudos [?]: 122 [0], given: 169 Solution A is 20% salt and Solution B is 80% salt. If you [#permalink] ### Show Tags 09 Mar 2015, 16:30 VeritasPrepKarishma wrote: prashantbacchewar wrote: Solution A is 20% salt and Solution B is 80% salt. If you have 30 ounces of solution A and 60 ounces of solution B, in what ratio could you mix Solution A with Solution B to produce 50 ounces of a 50% salt solution? 6:4 6:14 4:4 4:6 3:7 What is faster way to solve this Forget the volumes for the time being. You have to mix 20% and 80% solutions to get 50%. This is very straight forward since 50 is int he middle of 20 and 80 so we need both solutions in equal quantities. If this doesn't strike, use w1/w2 = (A2 - Aavg)/(Aavg - A1) w1/w2 = (80 - 50)/(50 - 20) = 1/1 So the volume of the two solutions will be equal. Answer has to be 4:4. For details of this formula, see http://www.veritasprep.com/blog/2011/03 ... -averages/ http://www.veritasprep.com/blog/2011/04 ... ge-brutes/ http://www.veritasprep.com/blog/2011/04 ... -mixtures/ Hi Karishma, My question is also why are we ignoring the quantities. The way I started thinking about it was like this: (0.20) * (30) * (x) + (0.80) * (60) * (y) = (0.50) * (50) * (x+y) However, this ends up in y/x = 9/23. I then noticed that we are ignoring the actual quantities. Why is this so? Are we ignoring them because they anyway have to do with salt? GMAT Club Legend Joined: 09 Sep 2013 Posts: 15378 Followers: 648 Kudos [?]: 204 [0], given: 0 Re: Solution A is 20% salt and Solution B is 80% salt. If you [#permalink] ### Show Tags 03 Apr 2016, 00:11 Hello from the GMAT Club BumpBot! Thanks to another GMAT Club member, I have just discovered this valuable topic, yet it had no discussion for over a year. I am now bumping it up - doing my job. 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This is very straight forward since 50 is int he middle of 20 and 80 so we need both solutions in equal quantities. If this doesn't strike, use w1/w2 = (A2 - Aavg)/(Aavg - A1) w1/w2 = (80 - 50)/(50 - 20) = 1/1 So the volume of the two solutions will be equal. Answer has to be 4:4. For details of this formula, see http://www.veritasprep.com/blog/2011/03 ... -averages/ http://www.veritasprep.com/blog/2011/04 ... ge-brutes/ http://www.veritasprep.com/blog/2011/04 ... -mixtures/ Responding to a pm: Quote: But as per question asked ,why we cannot take respective weights of salt( i.e if 30 ounces of sol.A has 20% salt) ,then take salt weight as 6 ounces(20% of 30ounces) then isnt is our question becomes "how much 6 ounces and 8 ounces will be added to get 25 ounces of salt"??? w1/w2 = (25-6) / (48 - 25) You are not required to mix 30 ounces of solution A with some amount of solution B. You are not given that you have to use the entire 30 ounces of solution A. In fact, the volumes of the solution are not required at all since the question asks for the ratio in which A and B should be mixed. We know the concentration of salt in A, concentration of salt in B and average required concentration. This will simply give us the ratio in which the two solutions should be mixed (using the formula). We find that both solutions should be mixed in equal quantities (ratio of 1:1 or 2:2 or 3:3 or 4:4 etc) so to make 50 ounces of mix, we will put 25 ounces of each solution. _________________ Karishma Veritas Prep | GMAT Instructor My Blog Get started with Veritas Prep GMAT On Demand for$199

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always compare the simple average to the weighted average first. Here simple average is 20+80 divided by 2 = 50.
And thats our answer. we have taken 50% of A and 50% of be to create the new solution.
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