A vessel contains milk and water in the ratio of 5:4 and 9 litres of mixture is removed from the vessel and replaced with 14 litres of water, then the ratio becomes 9:10. Find the final quantity of water in the vessel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
a) 40 litres<\/p>\n\n\n\n
b) 45 litres<\/p>\n\n\n\n
c) 50 litres<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n d) 36 litres<\/p>\n\n\n\n e) None of these<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sol:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Initial quantity of milk = 5x<\/p>\n\n\n\n Initial quantity of water = 4x<\/p>\n\n\n\n (5x \u2013 9*5\/9)\/(4x \u2013 9*4\/9 + 14) = 9\/10<\/p>\n\n\n\n (5x \u2013 5)\/(4x + 10) = 9\/10<\/p>\n\n\n\n x = 10<\/p>\n\n\n\n Initial quantity of water = 4 * 10 = 40 litres<\/p>\n\n\n\n Final quantity of water = 4 * 10 \u2013 4 + 14 = 50<\/p>\n\n\n\n litres<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A vessel contains milk and water in the ratio of 5:4 and 9 litres of mixture is removed from the vessel and replaced with 14 litres of water, then the ratio becomes 9:10. 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