A mixture contains lemon juice and sugar syrup in equal proportion. If a new mixture is created by adding this mixture and sugar syrup in the ratio , then the ratio of lemon juice and sugar syrup in the new mixture is
A mixture contains lemon juice and sugar syrup in equal proportion. If a new mixture is created by adding this mixture and sugar syrup in the ratio , then the ratio of lemon juice and sugar syrup in the new mixture is
Solution
We have a mixture problem with two stages:
Original mixture: Lemon juice and sugar syrup in equal proportion (1:1)
New mixture: Original mixture and additional sugar syrup in ratio 1:3
We need to find the final ratio of lemon juice to sugar syrup.
Since the original mixture has lemon juice and sugar syrup in equal proportion, we can write:
Lemon juice : Sugar syrup = 1 : 1
In mixture problems, we can assume any convenient value that maintains the given ratio. Let's assume:
Lemon juice = 10 liters
Sugar syrup = 10 liters
Total original mixture = 20 liters
The problem states: "adding this mixture and sugar syrup in the ratio 1:3"
This means:
1 part of the original mixture (20 liters)
3 parts of additional sugar syrup
Since 1 part = 20 liters, then:
3 parts = 3 × 20 = 60 liters of additional sugar syrup
Lemon juice in final mixture:
Only comes from the original mixture = 10 liters
Sugar syrup in final mixture:
From original mixture = 10 liters
Additional sugar syrup = 60 liters
Total sugar syrup = 10 + 60 = 70 liters
Final ratio = Lemon juice : Sugar syrup = 10 : 70
Simplifying: 10 : 70 = 1 : 7
The ratio of lemon juice and sugar syrup in the new mixture is 1 : 7.
In mixture problems, we always track each component separately through all the mixing stages. The component that's not being added remains constant.