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Liza is mixing sand, cement, gravel and colouring in the ratio 4:3:4:1 to make high quality coloured concrete.
  1. How much of each ingredient will she use for 60 Kg of concrete?
  2. How much concrete can she make, using 12 Kg of cement?

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Let the quantity of Sand = 4x kgthen the quantity of cement = 3x kgquantity of gravel = 4x kgQuantity of Colouring = x kg1.Total quantity of concrete = 60 kg4x+3x+4x+x = 6012x = 60x = 5Quantity of sand = 4×5 = 20 kgQuantity of cement = 3×5 = 15 kgQuantity of gravel = 4×5 = 20 kgQuantity of colouring = x = 5 kg2.Now, the quantity of cement = 12 kg3x = 12x = 4Now, total concrete manufactured = 12x kg = 12×4 = 48 kg

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