A bin contains 10 kg of peanuts. 2 kg of peanuts are removed and 2 kg of raisins are added and thoroughly mixed in. Then 2 kg of this mixture are removed and 2 kg of raisins are added and thoroughly mixed in again. What is the ratio of the mass of peanuts to the mass of raisins in the final mixture?
, 2014
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Solution
When 2 kg of the 10 kg of peanuts are removed, there are 8 kg of peanuts remaining.
Since 2 kg of raisins are added, then there are 2 kg of raisins in the bin.
The peanuts and raisins are thoroughly mixed.
Since 2 kg of this mixture is removed and this is one-fifth of the total mass, then one-fifth of the mass of peanuts (or kg) is removed and one-fifth of the mass of raisins (or kg) is removed.
This leaves kg of peanuts, and kg of raisins.
When 2 kg of raisins are added, the mass of raisins becomes kg.
There are kg of peanuts and kg of raisins in the bin.
Therefore, the ratio of the masses is .
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