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Isnt this incorrect? In the second time, you forgot to replace, you just added water.
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A container contains a mixture of milk and water in the ratio of 4:1. 20 liters of the mixture is removed and replaced with water. this process is repeated one more time. If the final mixture has milk and water in the ratio of 16:9, what was the original quantity of the mixture?

(I dont have the official answer. So can anyone help?)
Hey Shayan,

Post the question completely in proper format so that it will be helpful.


In general, these kinds of questions can be dealt with by substituting the options.

For suppose the original mix is of 100l

So M : W = 80 l & 20 L initially.

So if we remove 20 L out of it, The distribution will also be in the same ratio : 4:1 => 16L (M) & 4 L(W).

So resulting solution would be 64L(M) & 16L(W) but it is added with 20L(W). Hence, the final solution would be

64L(M) & 36L(W).

16:9.

So 100L is the original mixture quantity.
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Bunuel KarishmaB can you help

Your question is not put up as per forum rules so it might get locked. Suggest you to read the rules and then put it up again.

I have discussed replacement in mixtures here:
https://anaprep.com/arithmetic-replacement-in-mixtures/

Also it looks like there are some errors in the given data of the question since the kind of calculations involved cannot be done without a calculator. Please re-check.
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It looks like your question might be incomplete. Could you please provide more context or clarify what the mixture in the container contains? Whether it's a mixture of liquids, solids, gases, or a specific chemical mixture, I'd be happy to help with more details!

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