SOLUTION: Good day. May you please assist me with the following question: Twenty percent of a mixture of pure milk and water is water. Half a liter of wine is added to one liter of the mi

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Question 1169936: Good day. May you please assist me with the following question:
Twenty percent of a mixture of pure milk and water is water. Half a liter of wine is added to one liter of the mixture of water and milk and thoroughly mixed. What percentage of the new mixture is water?
Thank you for your assistance.

Answer by josgarithmetic(39623) About Me  (Show Source):
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Some of the wine is alcohol. You need to know or be GIVEN the percentage alcohol of the wine, to estimate the percentage water in the wine. Otherwise, example description is incomplete.