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Directions: A dishonest juice seller mixed some water into pure fruit juice and sold it to four shopkeepers X, Y, Z, and W in the same order. After mixing, the ratio of juice to water became 4 : 1. The table below shows how the juice seller handled the transactions: Shopkeepers Quantity Sold (in Litres) Juice Added (in Litres) Water Added (in Litres) Mixture Left (in Litres) X 110 50 0 500 Y M 34 9 N Z 98 3r r P W 95 3r - 6 r T

If the quantity of juice-water mixture before selling to X was V liters, then find the value of V.

  1. 720

  2. 600

  3. 560

  4. 540

  5. 800
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Explanation

Before selling to X, the seller had V litres and added 50 litres of juice. After selling 110 litres, 500 litres remained, so V + 50 - 110 = 500. Hence, V = 560 litres.

AI explanation

The mixture left after selling to shopkeeper X is 500 liters, which is formed by subtracting 110 liters from the initial mixture V and adding 50 liters of juice, yielding V - 110 + 50 = 500. Solving this equation gives V = 560 liters.

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