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  • A can contains a mixture of two liquids A and B in the ratio 7 : 5. When 9 litres of mixture are drawn off and the can is filled with B, the ratio of A and B becomes 7 : 9. How many litres of liquid A was contained by the can initially?


  • Options
  • A. 10
  • B. 20
  • C. 21
  • D. 25

  • Correct Answer
  • 21 

    Explanation

    Suppose the can initially contains 7x and 5x litres of mixtures A and B respectively

     

    Quantity of A in mixture left = 7 x - 7 12 × 9 = 7 x - 21 4  litres.

     

    Quantity of B in mixture left =   5 x - 5 12 × 9 = 5 x - 15 4 litres.

     

    7 x - 21 4 5 x - 15 4 + 9 = 7 9

     

    ? 28 x - 21 20 x + 21 = 7 9

     

    ? x = 3

     So, the can contained 21 litres of A.


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    • 1. 8 litres are drawn from a cask full of wine and is then filled with water. This operation is performed three more times. The ratio of the quantity of wine now left in cask to that of the water is 16 : 65. How much wine the cask hold originally?

    • Options
    • A. 18 litres
    • B. 24 litres
    • C. 32 litres
    • D. 42 litres
    • Discuss
    • 2. Tea worth of Rs. 135/kg & Rs. 126/kg are mixed with a third variety in the ratio 1: 1 : 2. If the mixture is worth Rs. 153 per kg, the price of the third variety per kg will be____?

    • Options
    • A. Rs. 169.50
    • B. Rs.1700
    • C. Rs. 175.50
    • D. Rs. 180
    • Discuss
    • 3. A picture is copied onto a sheet of paper 8.5 inches by 10 inches. A 1.5 inch margin is left all around. What area in square inches does the picture cover?

    • Options
    • A. 76
    • B. 35
    • C. 49
    • D. 38.5
    • Discuss
    • 4. A dice is numbered from 1 to 6 in different ways. If 1 is opposite to 5 and 2 is opposite to 3, then

    • Options
    • A. 4 is adjacent to 3 and 6
    • B. 2 is adjacent to 4 and 6
    • C. 4 is adjacent to 5 and 6
    • D. 6 is adjacent to 3 and 4
    • Discuss
    • 5. A cube is painted blue on two adjacent surfaces and black on the surfaces opposite to blue surfaces and green on the remaining faces .Now the cube is cut into 216 smaller cubes of equal size.

    • Options
    • A. 56
    • B. 48
    • C. 32
    • D. 64
    • Discuss
    • 6. A merchant has 1000 kg of sugar part of which he sells at 8% profit and the rest at 18% profit. He gains 14% on the whole. The Quantity sold at 18% profit is

    • Options
    • A. 400 kg
    • B. 560 kg
    • C. 600 kg
    • D. 640 kg
    • Discuss
    • 7. A vessel is filled with liquid, 3 parts of which are water and 5 parts of syrup. How much of the mixture must be drawn off and replaced with water so that the mixture may be half water and half syrup?

    • Options
    • A. 1/3
    • B. 1/4
    • C. 1/5
    • D. 1/7
    • Discuss
    • 8. The ratio of expenditure and savings is 3 : 2 . If the income increases by 15% and the savings increases by 6% , then by how much percent should his expenditure increases?

    • Options
    • A. 25
    • B. 21
    • C. 12
    • D. 24
    • Discuss
    • 9. A mixture of 150 liters of wine and water contains 20% water. How much more water should be added so that water becomes 25% of the new mixture?

    • Options
    • A. 10 liters
    • B. 20 liters
    • C. 30 liters
    • D. 40 liters
    • Discuss
    • 10. How many kilograms of sugar costing Rs. 9 per kg must be mixed with 27 kg of sugar costing Rs. 7 per Kg so that there may be a gain of 10 % by selling the mixture at Rs. 9.24 per Kg ?

    • Options
    • A. 36 Kg
    • B. 42 Kg
    • C. 54 Kg
    • D. 63 Kg
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