Question

Heinz produces tomato puree by boiling tomato juice. The tomato puree has only 20% water while the tomato juice has 90% water. How many liters of tomato puree will be obtained from 20 litres of tomato juice?

Answer 1

The answer is 3.6 litres.

STEP BY STEP EXPLANATION : -

IN ONE LITRE 90 PERCENT = 0.9L

IN 20 LITRES 90 PERCENT = 0.9*20/100

= 18/100

= 18 LITRES.

IN 18 LITRES 20 PERCENT = 18 * 20/100

=360/100=3.6 LITRES