SOLUTION: A restaurant prepares 22 litres of a mixture that contains 25% of orange essence and the remaining quantity as water. If 3 litres of water is mixed in this mixture,what will be the

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Question 967673: A restaurant prepares 22 litres of a mixture that contains 25% of orange essence and the remaining quantity as water. If 3 litres of water is mixed in this mixture,what will be the percentage of orange essence in the new mixture?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First Stage:

of the mixture result.
Making the variable simpler on the right,


You do not yet have information for value of x nor y. NOR for p. You could still work with this using what variables and values you have.

Stage Two:

Add 3 liters of water, and find the new percent of the essense.






Give any improved problem description if you have it, because the solution here might be a misunderstanding of what your actual problem is.

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