Multiple choice

A mixture contains sugar syrup and orange juice in equal proportion. If a new mixture is created by adding this mixture and sugar syrup in the ratio 1∶2, then the ratio of orange juice and sugar syrup in the new mixture is

  1. 1 : 4

  2. 1 : 5

  3. 1 : 6

  4. 1 : 7
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AI explanation

Let 1 unit of the original mixture be combined with 2 units of sugar syrup. The original mixture contains 0.5 units of orange juice and 0.5 units of sugar syrup. Adding 2 units of sugar syrup makes the total sugar syrup 2.5 units. The ratio of orange juice to sugar syrup is 0.5 to 2.5, which simplifies to 1 to 5. The result is 1 : 5.

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