document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1205699>Question 1205699</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A 42ml solution contains lemon juice and water in the ratio of 4: 3, respectively. It is added to another solution with same mixture in the ratio of 2:3, respectively. After that, 23 ml solution is taken out and 9ml of lemon juice is added to it, which makes the final quantity of water as 85.71% of lemon juice and they differ by 6ml. Find the total quantity of second solution? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Certainly the wording of the problem is poor....<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My interpretation is that in the final mixture the amount of water is 85.71% of the amount of lemon juice, and the amount of water is 6ml less than the amount of lemon juice.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "In that case, most of the information in the problem is not relevant.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Almost certainly the 85.71% is a decimal approximation of the fraction 6/7. That means the final solution is 6 parts water and 7 parts lemon juice.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x = amount of water<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x = amount of lemon juice<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Those amounts differ by 6ml:<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x-6x = 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 6<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The total amount in the second solution is 6x+7x = 13x = 13*6 = 78ml<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: 78 ml<br><BR>\n" );
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