Two bottles of orange juice are given. In the first bottle is 20% concentrated orange juice and in the second bottle is 50% concentrated orange juice. If we pour of the juice in the first bottle into the second bottle, we would get 42.5% concentrated juice. If we pour 3 liters of water and the whole juice from the second bottle into the first bottle, we would get 22.5% concentrated juice. Find the volume of juice in each bottle.

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Two bottles of orange juice are given. In the first bottle is 20% concentrated orange juice and in the second bottle is 50%
concentrated orange juice. If we pour of the juice in the first bottle into the second bottle, we would get 42.5% concentrated juice. If
we pour 3 liters of water and the whole juice from the second bottle into the first bottle, we would get 22.5% concentrated juice. Find
the volume of juice in each bottle.
Transcribed Image Text:Two bottles of orange juice are given. In the first bottle is 20% concentrated orange juice and in the second bottle is 50% concentrated orange juice. If we pour of the juice in the first bottle into the second bottle, we would get 42.5% concentrated juice. If we pour 3 liters of water and the whole juice from the second bottle into the first bottle, we would get 22.5% concentrated juice. Find the volume of juice in each bottle.
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