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. A mixture consists of 55/11% sand, 400/11 % gravel and rest cement. Find the weight of
mixture which contains 12.5 kg wt of sand. Also determine the weight of mixture that will
contain 4 kg wt of cement.​

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Answered by AkashMathematics
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A mixture consists of 455/1...

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A mixture consists of 45

11

5

% sand, 36

11

4

% gravel and rest cement .Find the weight of mixture which contains 12.5kg wt of sand . Also determine the weight of mixture that will contain 4kg wt of cement .

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Let the mixture be 100%

Quantity of sand in the mixture =

11

500

%

Quantity of gravel in the mixture =

11

400

%

Quantity of Cement in the mixture =100%−

11

500

%−

11

400

%

11

1100÷500−400

%

11

200

%

Let xKg of mixture contain 12.5Kg of sand

But 100% of mixture contains

11

500

% of sand

100%

x

=

11

500

%

12.5

⇒x=

500%

12.5×100%

×11Kg

=2.5×11kg

=27.5Kg

let yKg of mixture contain 4Kg of cement

But 100% of mixture contain

11

200

% discount

100%

y

=

11

200

%

4

y=22Kg

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