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by guerrero » Sun Mar 03, 2013 9:35 am
A bottle is 80% full. the liquid in the bottle consists of 60% guava juice and 40% pineapple juice. the remainder of the bottle is then filled with 70 ml of rum. How much guava is in the bottle?

a)210ml
b)168ml
c)170ml
d)200ml
e)250ml

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by Anurag@Gurome » Sun Mar 03, 2013 9:40 am
guerrero wrote:A bottle is 80% full. the liquid in the bottle consists of 60% guava juice and 40% pineapple juice. the remainder of the bottle is then filled with 70 ml of rum. How much guava is in the bottle?
20% of the bottle = 70 ml
Hence, 80% of the bottle = 4*70 ml

Now, amount of guava juice in the bottle = 60% of 80% of the bottle = 60% of 4*70 ml = 60*4*70/100 = 6*4*7 = 168

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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Sun Mar 03, 2013 9:40 am
guerrero wrote:A bottle is 80% full. the liquid in the bottle consists of 60% guava juice and 40% pineapple juice. the remainder of the bottle is then filled with 70 ml of rum. How much guava is in the bottle?

a)210ml
b)168ml
c)170ml
d)200ml
e)250ml

OA B
The bottle is filled 80% to capacity, and then 70ml of rum makes the bottle 100% filled to capacity.
So, 70ml represents 20% of the capacity.

So, before the rum was added, there were 280ml of liquid in the bottle (i.e., if 70ml represents 20% of capacity, then 280ml represents 80% of capacity)

We're told that 60% of the liquid is guava juice.
60% of 280 = [spoiler]168 = B[/spoiler]

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by GMATGuruNY » Sun Mar 03, 2013 2:05 pm
guerrero wrote:A bottle is 80% full. the liquid in the bottle consists of 60% guava juice and 40% pineapple juice. the remainder of the bottle is then filled with 70 ml of rum. How much guava is in the bottle?

a)210ml
b)168ml
c)170ml
d)200ml
e)250ml

OA B
Since the mixture constitutes 80% of the bottle, the added rum constitutes 20% of the bottle:
mixture : rum = 80:20 = 4:1.
Since the actual amount of rum is 70ml, both parts of the ratio must be multiplied by 70:
mixture : rum = (70*4) : (70*1) = 280:70.

Thus, the filled bottle contains 280ml of the original mixture and 70ml of added rum.
Since 60% of the original mixture is guava, the amount of guava = .6(280) = 168 ml.

The correct answer is B.
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by BACHIR » Thu Jul 07, 2016 4:57 pm
Since 20% of the bottle is 70 ml then the full bottle should be 350 ml.

To know that, let x the total volume of the bottle

20%*x = 70 => x = 7000/20 = 350

Since 60% of 80% of the total volume of the bottle is guava then

G (Guava) = 60%*80%*350 = 48%*350 = 168

Thus the correct answer is B
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by OptimusPrep » Fri Jul 08, 2016 1:03 am
guerrero wrote:A bottle is 80% full. the liquid in the bottle consists of 60% guava juice and 40% pineapple juice. the remainder of the bottle is then filled with 70 ml of rum. How much guava is in the bottle?

a)210ml
b)168ml
c)170ml
d)200ml
e)250ml

OA B
Assume the total volume = 100x
Volume of liquid in the bottle = 80x

Guava juice = 0.6*80x = 48x
Pineapple juice = 0.4*80x = 32x

Remainder of bottle = 20x = 70 ml
x = 3.5ml

Hence, guava juice = 48*3.5 = 168 ml

Correct Option: B
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by Scott@TargetTestPrep » Fri Dec 15, 2017 11:34 am
guerrero wrote:A bottle is 80% full. the liquid in the bottle consists of 60% guava juice and 40% pineapple juice. the remainder of the bottle is then filled with 70 ml of rum. How much guava is in the bottle?

a)210ml
b)168ml
c)170ml
d)200ml
e)250ml
Since the bottle is initially 80% full and the remainder of the bottle is filled with 70 mL of rum, the amount of rum accounts for 20% of the capacity of the bottle. We can let x = the total number of mLs in the bottle and create the following equation:

0.2x = 70

x = 70/0.2

x = 350

The capacity of the entire bottle is 350 mL. This means that it was initially filled with 80% of 350 mL of juice, which is 0.8 x 350 = 280.

So, the bottle initially had 280 mL of juice and 60% of that amount was guava juice: 0.6 x 280 = 168 mL.

Answer: B

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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Sat Jan 13, 2018 9:41 am
guerrero wrote:A bottle is 80% full. the liquid in the bottle consists of 60% guava juice and 40% pineapple juice. the remainder of the bottle is then filled with 70 ml of rum. How much guava is in the bottle?

a)210ml
b)168ml
c)170ml
d)200ml
e)250ml

OA B
The bottle is filled 80% to capacity, and then 70ml of rum makes the bottle 100% filled to capacity.
So, 70ml represents 20% of the capacity.

So, BEFORE the rum was added, there were 280ml of liquid in the bottle (i.e., if 70ml represents 20% of capacity, then 280ml represents 80% of capacity)

We're told that 60% of the liquid is guava juice.
60% of 280ml = 168 ml

Answer: B

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