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A vessel of 160 L is filled with milk and water. 70% of milk and 30% of water is taken out of the vessel. It is found out that the vessel is vacated by 55%, then the quantity of milk and water in the original mixture is
The total volume of the mixture is 160 L and 70% of the milk and 30% of the water is removed. With this, 55% of the vessel is vacated, so 45% of the original mixture remains, which is 72 L.
Let the amount of Milk in the original mixture be $$x$$ liters so the amount of water in the vessel would be $$160-x$$ liters.
Milk removed = 70% of $$x$$ = $$0.7x$$
Water removed = 30% of $$160-x$$ = 0.3(160−x).
Remaining milk: x − 0.7x = 0.3x
Remaining water: 160 − x − 0.3(160−x) = 0.7(160−x)
The remaining mixture is 72 liters.
0.3x + 0.7(160−x) = 72
Upon solving, we get, x = 100
Therefore, the amount of Milk is 100 liters and the amount of water = 160 - 100 = 60 liters.
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