Bunuel wrote:
A 49-liter shake mix contains 32% chocolate. How much of the mix must be replaced with a 53% chocolate shake, to increase the chocolate concentration to 35%?
A. 5 liters
B. 6 liters
C. 7 liters
D. 10 liters
E. 14liters
Solution:
- So, we are mixing 32% chocolate shake with 53% chocolate shake to make a resultant of 35% chocolateshake
- When we use allegation to this weget:
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- We are replacing some 32% shake with 53%shake
- Let us assume that we replace\(x\) ltrs of 32% shake with\(x\) ltrs of 53%shake
- So, we can form the equation\(\frac{49-x}{x}=\frac{18}{3}\)
\(⇒49-x=6x\)
\(⇒7x=49\)
\(⇒x=7\)
Hence the right answer is OptionC
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