CAT 2021 Alligations and Mixtures Question (Medium)

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Milk and water in two vessels A and B are in the ratios 4 3 and 2 3 respectively. In what ratio should the liquids from both vessels be mixed to obtain a new mixture vessel C that is half milk and half water?

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Understanding Vessel A has milk and water in ratio 4 3 milk fraction 4 7 , and vessel B has milk and water in ratio 2 3 milk fraction 2 5 . These need to be mixed to get a new mixture vessel C with an equal 1 1 milk-to-water ratio, i.e., milk fraction 1 2. Analyzing Using the rule of alligation, the

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Alligations and Mixtures

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