Question

The ratio of milk and water is 5:3 in a pot and in another pot the ratio is 2:3. In what ratio these mixtures mut be mixed so that the quantity of milk is same as the quantity of water in new mixture?

Answer 1

look ratio in pot1 is 5x:3x
in pot 2 its 2y:3y
to make the ratio same we need to mix the mixture
by 1:2
then we will have 9:9 or 1:1 ratio
5x+2y=3x+3y
y=2x