document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1120048>Question 1120048</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A container is filled with 72 litres of orange juice. Twenty-four litres of orange juice are removed and the container is refilled with lemon juice. The contents of the mixture are thoroughly mixed and 24 litres of the mixture is removed and the container is again refilled with lemon juice. What is the ratio of orange juice to lemon juice in the final mixture? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #735698 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=735698\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> you started with 72 ounces of orange.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you took out 24 ounces of orange juice and replaced it with 24 ounces of lemon juice.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you now had 48 ounces of orange juice and 24 ounces of lemon juice.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you took out 24 ounces of this mixture.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "since the ratio of orange juice to lemon juice was now 48/24 = 2/1, the ratio of orange juice to the total was 2/(2+1) = 2/3.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2/3 * 24 = 16.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/3 * 24 = 8.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "24 ounces of the mixture was composed of 16 ounces of orange juice and 8 ounces of lemon juice.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you replaced 16 ounces of orange juice and 8 ounces of lemon juice with 24 ounces of lemon juice.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you now had 48 minus 16 = 32 ounces of orange juice.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you now had 24 minus 8 plus 24 = 40 ounces of lemon juice.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "your mixture now contains 32 ounces of orange juice and 40 ounces of lemon juice.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the ratio of orange juice to lemon juice is now 32/40 = 4/5.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the ratio of orange juice to total mixture is now 32/(32+40) = 32/72 = 4/9.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "your solution is that the final mixture has an orange to lemon juice ratio of 4/5.\r<BR>\n" );
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