SOLUTION: Twenty percent of a mixture of pure milk and water is water. Half a litre of wine is added to one litre of the mixture of water and milk and throughly mixed. What percentage of the
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Question 1169166: Twenty percent of a mixture of pure milk and water is water. Half a litre of wine is added to one litre of the mixture of water and milk and throughly mixed. What percentage of the new mixture is water m Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Twenty percent of a mixture of pure milk and water is water.
Half a litre of wine is added to one litre of the mixture of water and milk and throughly mixed.
What percentage of the new mixture is water?
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Let x = percent, in decimal form, of water in the final mixture
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.20(1) = x(1+.5))
.2 = 1.5x
x = .2/1.5
x = .1333 or 13.33% water in the new mixture
