Question

.A mixture of milk and water contains 12.5%
of water. how much water should be added to
200 gallons of such mixture so that the new mixture
may contain 37.5% of water?
(A) 70 gallons
IB) 100 gallons
(C) 60 gallons
(D) 8O gallons
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Answer 1

Answer:

70 gallons is the correct answer

Answer 2

Answer:

initially the water is 0.125 *x gallons

we drop 200 gallons

so 0.125 xgallons +200 gallons=0.375 (x+200)

on solving 0.25x= 125 gallons

so x= 600 gallons

intil mixture

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sorry iread the question wrong

0.125*200+x=0.375 (x+200)

0.625x=50

x=80 gallon

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