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
D. 5 litres
Answer: Option C
Solution(By Examveda Team)
20 litres juice contain 10% Tomato, i.e. 20L juice = $$\frac{{20 \times 10}}{{100}}$$ = 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 $$\frac{2}{{.8}} = 2.5{\text{L}}$$This Question Belongs to Arithmetic Ability >> Percentage
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sir tomato pure has 20% of water and 80% of tomato
but in solution u take it as reverse