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In a ‘10Y’ litres of mixture of milk and water, the

Q: In a ‘10Y’ litres of mixture of milk and water, the quantity of milk is 60%. According to which

Ina10Ylitresofmixtureofmilkandwaterthequantityofmilkis60Quantityofmilkintheinitialmixtureis60Thenthequantityofwaterintheinitialmixturewillbe1006040Ratioofmilkandwaterinitially604032Sotheinitialquantityofmilk10Yof356Yinitialquantityofwater10Yof254YiIfY54litresofmilkandY90litresofwaterareaddedintothemixturethentheratiobetweenthequantityofmilkandwaterinthenewmixturewillbe117respectively6YY544YY901177Y545Y9011749Y37855Y99055Y49Y9903786Y612Y102HerethevalueofYwillbethemultipleof3iiIf25litresofmixtureistakenoutfromthemixtureand3and2litresofmilkandwaterisaddedintothemixturethenthequantityofmilkandwaterinthenewmixturewillbe6Y12and4Y8respectively6Y25of6034Y25of4026Y124Y86Y1534Y1026Y124Y86Y124Y86Y124Y8HerebothofthesidesareequalSothevalueofYcannotbedeterminedSowecanotsaythatthevalueisthemultipleofthreeornotiiiIfY40litresofwaterisaddedintothemixturethenthequantityofmilkwillbe275morethanthequantityofwaterinthenewmixture6Y4YY4012751006Y4YY4012751006Y5Y4051406YY851848Y51Y40851Y48Y4083Y408HerethevalueofYwillbethemultipleof3

quantity of milk is 60%. According to which of the following statements the value of ‘Y’ will be the multiple of 3? (i) If (Y-54) litres of milk and (Y-90) litres of water are added into the mixture, then the ratio between the quantity of milk and water in the new mixture will be 11:7 respectively. (ii) If 25 litres of mixture is taken out from the mixture and 3 and 2 litres of milk and water is added into the mixture, then the quantity of milk and water in the new mixture will be (6Y-12) and (4Y-8) respectively. (iii) If (Y-40) litres of water is added into the mixture, then the quantity of milk will be 27.5% more than the quantity of water in the new mixture.

A Only (ii)

B Only (iii)

C Only (i) and (iii)

D Only (ii) and (iii)

E None of the above

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