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Aptitude · Q71

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Competitive Exams · Aptitude · question 71

Q71

Heinz produces tomato puree by boiling tomato juice. Tomato puree has 20% water whereas tomato juice has 90% water.How many litres of tomato puree will be obtained from 20 litres of tomato juice ?

A.
2 litres
B.
3 litres
C.
2.5 litres
Answer
D.
5 litres

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
20 litres juice contain 10% Tomato, i.e.
20L juice =   = 2L Tomato
Tomato puree contains 80% of water and 20% tomato.
This 80% tomato = 2L (which is contained by 100 puree)
So, Now this 2 L Consist 80% in puree
Thus, total puree will be