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Q: From a container of wine, a thief has stolen 15 litres of wine and replaced it with same quantity of water. He again repeated the same process. Thus, in three attempts the ratio of wine and water became 343 : 169. The initial amount of wine in the container was:

  • 1
    75 litres
  • 2
    100 litres
  • 3
    150 litres
  • 4
    120 litres
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Answer : 4. "120 litres"
Explanation :

Answer: D) 120 litres Explanation: wine(left)wine(added) = 343169   It means  wine(left)wine(initial amount) = 343512    (since 343 + 169 = 512)    Thus,  343x = 512x1 - 15k3    343512 = 783 = 1 - 15k3    1-15k=78=1-18    Thus the initial amount of wine was 120 liters.

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