There are two bottles A and B, each filled with milk and water in the ratio 5:3 and 1:2 respectively. A new mixture is formed by mixing the contents of A and B in the ratio 4:3.What is the ratio of composition of milk and water in the new mixture?

• in first mixture : milk = 5/8 ; water=3/8
  
  in second mixture : milk = 1/3 ; water=2/3
  
  now in new mixture :
  
  milk = (5/8*4/7) + (1/3*3/7) = 1/2
  water = (3/8*4/7) + (2/3*3/7) = 1/2
  
  so in new mixture milk : water = 1 : 1
  
• 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(63) No(10)
• in bottle A portion of milk=5/8 and of water is 3/8 now in bottle b milk=1/3
  and water = 2/3
  now for the 3 we are taking 4 part of A and 3 part of B so total 7 litre and milk from A = 20/8 and water = 12/8 from B milk =3/3 and water 6/3
  now portion of milk in total mixture = 20/8 +3/3=3.5
  and of water =12/8 +6/3=3.5 so the ratio equals =1:1
  
  
• 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(41) No(16)
• 40:9
  milk in A=5/8
  milk in b=1/3
  milk in new mixture=4/7
  applying alligation of mixture
  ans=40:9
• 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(9) No(20)
• @Abhinav Gupta:Your answer is correct.Answer 1:1 is correct
• 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(8) No(4)
• this question is solved by alligation.
  for first case 5/(3+5)=5/8(milk)
  
  for second case 1/(1+2)=1/3(milk)
  5/8 1/3
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  4/7
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  (5/8)-(4/7) (4/7)-(1/3)
  =5/21 =3/56
  
  
  5/21 : 3/56
  =40:9
• 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(6) No(12)
• i think composition of water and milk is 23/25.
• 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(4) No(8)
• friends in question it is given that a new mixture is formed by mixing contents of container A and B.
  They mixed 4 lt of container a and 3 lit of container b.
  so on 4 lt of conatiner a it contained 5/8 milk and in 3lt of container b it contains 1/3 milk.
  so total milk is 5/8+1/3=23/24
  so ratio of milk and water is 23/24.
• 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(2) No(4)
• milk in 1 lt of mixture=5/8
  water in 1 lt of mixture=1/3
  new mixture=4/8
  so milk:water=(4/7-1/3):(5/8-4/7)=40:9.
• 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(1) No(21)
• Nice question !!!
  
  Ratio is 1:1 Ans.
• 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(1) No(0)
• ans: 5:2
  applying aligation we get
  5/3-4/3=1/3
  4/3-1/2=5/6
  now
  5/6*3/1=5/2
  
• 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(8)
• i think
  in this simple alligation is applied
  and ans is coming aout to b 40:9
  
• 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(7)
• ans is : 8:1
• 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(3)
• ratio 11:3
• 6 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)