A bakery sources flour from two mills; one supplies flour with 2% impurity, and the other with 8%. After mixing flour from both mills, the combined impurity rate is found to be 6.5%. What percentage of the total mixture of the flour came from the second mill?

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75%. Using alligation, the ratio of quantities from the first and second mill is . The second mill forms of the mixture.

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78%

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25%

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22%

A bakery sources flour from two mills; one supplies flour with 2% impurity, and the other with 8%. After mixing flour from both mills, the combined impurity rate is found to be 6.5%. What percentage of the total mixture of the flour came from the second mill?

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