Container A contains 300 liters of a mixture of orange juice and water, in which water is 40%. A volume of k liters of the mixture is extracted, where the amount of water in k liters is 32 liters. This k liters is then poured into Container B, which already holds k liters of pure water. Find the difference between the volume of juice and water in the resulting mixture in Container B (in liters).
Correct Answer :
64
Solution :
The correct answer is 64.
Step 1: Find the extracted volume, k.
Container A contains a mixture in which water is 40%. Any portion extracted from this container will also maintain the same concentration of 40% water.
We are given that the amount of water in k liters of extracted mixture is 32 liters.
Step 2: Calculate the components in the extracted k liters of mixture.
Total extracted mixture volume, k = 80 liters.
Volume of water extracted = 32 liters.
Volume of orange juice extracted = Total extracted volume - Water volume
Step 3: Calculate the resulting amounts of water and juice in Container B.
Container B initially contains k = 80 liters of pure water.
When the extracted 80 liters of mixture (which contains 32 liters of water and 48 liters of orange juice) is added into Container B:
Total water in Container B = Initial pure water + Water from extracted mixture
Total orange juice in Container B = Orange juice from extracted mixture
Step 4: Find the difference between the volume of water and orange juice in Container B.
Thus, the difference between the volume of juice and water in the resulting mixture in Container B is 64 liters.
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