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mixture problem

by raunekk » Mon Jun 30, 2008 1:50 am
Mixture A is 15 percent alcohol, and mixture B is 50 percent alcohol. If the two are poured together to create a 4-gallon mixture that contains 30 percent alcohol, approximately how many gallons of mixture A are in the mixture?

1.5


1.7


2.3


2.5


3.0


i need a quick method for this sums!!i got confused while doing this..
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by durgesh79 » Mon Jun 30, 2008 2:08 am
15x + 50(4-x) = 30*4
35x = 80
x=2.28
Answer C
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by aksrudra » Mon Jun 30, 2008 2:27 am
Same as durgesh79
A+B=4----------(1)
0.15A+0.50B=(30/100)*4-------(2)

Solving for A we get A = 2.28..
Answer is C.
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by atuljadhav » Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:08 am
Learned this new easy method from Mukul's video.
Prepare table as follows :

A B
Ratio
Quantity
Strength 15 50
30
20 15

This gives new ratio of Mixture A and B as 20:15 i.e 4:3

Actual Ration for Mixture A is 4/7. Times 4 gallons is 2.28 Approx. equal to 2.3
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by tryreallyhard » Sat Jul 02, 2011 1:00 pm
So, you can set up the following equation:
let x = mixture A, y= mixture B

0.15x + 0.5 y = 4 * 0.3
x+ y = 4.

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by rishimaharaj » Tue Nov 01, 2011 8:24 am
Using the alligation method (https://wps.prenhall.com/wps/media/objec ... c/ch07.pdf):

A=15%, B=50% => 4gals of 30%

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A will be 20/35 = 4/7 of the mixture.

4/7 * 4 gals
= 16/7
= 2 and 2/7 (which is less than 2.5),
so the answer is answer choice C.
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by LalaB » Tue Nov 01, 2011 1:17 pm
in a new solution we have the following proportion -
A/B=(50-30)/(30-15) =4/3
so now we know that A is 4/7 of the new solution of 4-gallon mixture or 4/7*4=16/7 or 2.3

hope it is a quick method and i could help u
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