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Ratio of milk to water in a mixture is 5 : 1.

5 litre of water is added to mixture and ratio becomes 5 : 2. Find the quantity of milk in initial mixture.

let the quantity of milk be 5x and 
the quantity of water be x.
total mixture = 6x.
therefore
5xx+5=5210x=5x+255x=25x=255=5
quantity of milk in initial mixture = 5*5=25 lt

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