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There are two kinds of syrup . In the first kind , there is 5 kg of sugar in 100 litres of syrup. While in the second kind,there is 8 kg of sugar in 100 litres of syrup. In how much quantities of these two kinds of syrup should be mixed so that there will have `9(2)/(3)` kg of sugar in 150 litres of syrup ?

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the reqantities are `77(7)/(9)` litres of the first kind and `72(2)/(9)` litres of the second kind.
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