CAT 2020 Alligations and Mixtures Question (Medium)

Question

A vessel contains 60 litres of pure honey. If m litres of pure honey is replaced with n litres of water, the ratio of honey to water becomes 10 1, and if 2m litres of pure honey were replaced by n litres of water, the ratio of honey to water becomes 8 1. Find the value of m n .

Optima Learn · Accepted Answer

This is a two-equation mixture problem each replacement scenario gives an independent linear equation in m and n. Understanding the Setup Starting with 60 L of pure honey, replacing m litres of honey with n litres of water gives 60-m n 10 1, i.e. 60 - m 10n. Replacing 2m litres of honey with n litre

CAT 2020 Alligations and Mixtures — Previous Year Question

CAT 2020

Quantitative

Alligations and Mixtures

Medium

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