Question

Milk needs to be thinned to a ratio of 3 parts milk to 2 parts water. The milk-man has by mistake added water so that he has 8 liters of milk which is half water and half milk. What must he add to make the proportions of the mixture correct?

Answer 1

He should add, to make the proportions of the mixture correct, will be 16 liters of milk.

What are ratio and proportion?

A ratio is a collection of ordered integers a and b represented as a/b, with b never equaling zero. A proportionate expression is one in which two items are equal.

Milk needs to be thinned to a ratio of 3 parts milk to 2 parts water.

The milk-man has by mistake added water so that he has 8 liters of milk which is half water and half milk.

The amount of the water added will be 16.

Let x be the amount of the milk which is top be added.

Then we have

(x + 8) / 16 = 3 / 2

        x + 8 = 48 / 2

        x + 8 = 24

              x = 16 liters

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