IPMAT Rohtak 2019
Arithmetic
Mixture & Alligation
Conceptual
A container contains X litres of milk. A thief stole 50 litres of milk and replaced it with the same quantity of water. He repeated the same process further two times. And thus, milk in the container is only X-122 litres. What is the quantity of water in the final mixture?
A container contains X litres of milk. A thief stole 50 litres of milk and replaced it with the same quantity of water. He repeated the same process further two times. And thus, milk in the container is only X-122 litres. What is the quantity of water in the final mixture?
Correct Option: 1
The question tries to make you believe there's more to it than you can see. There isn't. We are asked the final quantity of water, not milk.Initially, we had X litres of milk. After the thief did what he did, we now have (X ) litres of milk.Note: Quantity of the mixture wouldn't change, as the thief replaced the milk with the same quantity he stole.Let quantity of water be , then: litres.