CAT 2023 Alligations and Mixtures Question (Hard)

Question

A small jar contained water, lime and sugar in the ratio of 90 7 3. A glass contained only water and sugar in it. Contents of both small jar and glass were mixed in a bigger jar and the ratio of contents in the bigger jar was 85 5 10 water, lime and sugar respectively . Find the percentage of water

Optima Learn · Accepted Answer

Let the contents of the small jar be 90k water , 7k lime and 3k sugar . Let the glass contribute w water and s sugar . In the bigger jar, the ratio is 85 5 10. So, for some t, 85t, 5t, 10t. All lime comes only from the small jar, hence 7k 5t Rightarrow t 5 . Then water 90k w 85t 85 cdot 5 119k Right

CAT 2023 Alligations and Mixtures — Previous Year Question

CAT 2023

Quantitative

Alligations and Mixtures

Hard

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