Alligations and Mixtures Problems Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Two varieties of rice, A and B, costing Rs.210 and Rs.280 per kg respectively are mixed in the ratio of 3:4. The mixed variety is sold at Rs. 260 per kg. What is the profit percentage?
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Answer : 4. "4 %"
Q: A mixture of 40 liters of milk and water contains 30% water. How much milk should be added to this mixture so that the new mixture contains 80% milk?
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Answer : 1. "20 "
Q: Ankit has three varieties of rice costing 18 Rs/kg,25 Rs/kg and 36 Rs/kg, In what possible ratio he should mix these three varieties so that on selling whole mixture at 23.10 Rs/kg he may get a profit of 10%?
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5ebbd58a8dce175b2cbaea71- 15 : 4 : 2false
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Answer : 2. "9 : 3 : 1"
Q: A cask contains 24 litre mixture of wine and water in the ratio 3 : 1. How much mixture must be drawn off and replaced with water so that the quantity of wine and water becomes equal ?
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Answer : 1. "6 Litre "
Q: A jar was full with honey. A person used to draw out 20% of the honey from the jar and replaced it with sugar solution. He has repeated the same process 4 times and thus there was only 512 gm of honey left in the jar, the rest part of the jar was filled with the sugar solution. The initial amount of honey in the jar was: 30824 25b5cc7d7e4d2b41977751515
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Answer : 1. "1.25 kg"
Explanation :
Answer: A) 1.25 kg Explanation: Let the initial amount of honey in the jar was k, then 512 = k1 - 154 or 512 = k454 => k = 512 × 625256 => k = 1250 Hence initially the honey in the jar = 1.25 kg
Q: In one glass, milk and water are mixed in the ratio 3:5 and in another glass they are mixed in the ratio 6:1.In what ratio should the content of the two glasses be mixed together so that new mixture contains milk and water in the ratio 1:1?
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Answer : 1. "20:7"
Q: In a mixture of milk and water milk is found to be 28%. When 16 litre water is added in the mixture new percentage of milk in mixture becomes 20%. Find the initial quantity of mixture.
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Answer : 4. "40 litre"
Q: Vessels A and B contain mixture of milk and water in the ratios 4 : 5 and 5 : 1 respectively. In what ratio should quantities of mixture be taken from A and B to from a mixture in which milk to water is in the ratio 5 : 4 ?
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