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1Â year, 8Â months ago
a mixture of 125 gallons of wine and water contains 20% water. how much water must be added to the mixture in order to increase the percentage of water to 25% of the new mixture? ( the answer is 8.33 and can anybody explain how to get the answer)
1Â year, 8Â months ago
Intial mixture = 125 gallons
% of water in mixture = 20
Thus, quantiity of water = 25 gallons
Let 'x' gallons of water be added to mixture so that new concerntration of water is 25%.
-> (25+x)/(125+x)=25/100
->100(25+x) = 25(125+x)
Solving above eqn, we get x = 25/3 or 8.33.
Thus 8.33 gallons water is required to increase concerntration of water from 20% to 25%.