CAT 2022 Slot 1 Paper

Question : 59 of 66

Marks: +1, -0

A mixture contains lemon juice and sugar syrup in equal proportion. If a new mixture is created by adding this mixture and sugarsyrup in the ratio $1 : 3$ , then the ratio of lemon juice and sugar syrup in the new mixture is

$1:4$
$1:5$
$1:6$
$1:7$

Validate

Solution:

\Lemon \juice : \sugar \syrup

in the mixture is

1: 1

, i.e.

50 \%

Lemon juice and

50 \%

sugar syrup.
In sugar syrup,

100 \%

is sugar syrup.
These two are mixed in the ratio 1:3.
Lemon juice

={1(50 \%)}/{1+3}

Sugar syrup

={1(50 \%)+3(100 \%)}/{1+3}=\;{350}/{4}

Required ratio

=50: 350=1: 7

The answer is option D.

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