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- Question
Three bottles of equal capacity have mixture of milk and water in ratio 5 : 7, 7 : 9 and 2 : 1 respectively. These three bottles are emptied into a large bottle. What is the percentage of milk in the new mixture?
Options- A. 49.6
- B. 52.3
- C. 51.2
- D. 50.7
- Correct Answer
- 50.7
- 1. How much water (in litres) must be added to 80 litres solution of milk and water containing 10% milk, so that it becomes a 5% milk solution?
Options- A. 10
- B. 20
- C. 40
- D. 80 Discuss
- 2. 80 litre mixture of milk and water contains 10% milk. How much milk (in litres) must be added to make water percentage in the mixture as 80%?
Options- A. 8
- B. 9
- C. 10
- D. 12 Discuss
- 3. 8 litres are drawn from a flask containing milk and then filledwith water. The operation is performed 3 more times. Theratio of the quantity of milk left and total solution is 81/625.How much milk the flask initially holds?
Options- A. 10 ltr
- B. 20 ltr
- C. 30 ltr
- D. 40 ltr Discuss
- 4. A bucket contains a mixture of two liquids A and B in the proportion 7: 5. If 9 litres of the mixture is replaced by 9 litres of liquid B, then the ratio of the two liquid becomes 7: 9. How much of the liquid A was there in the bucket ?
Options- A. 21 litres
- B. 15 litres
- C. 23 litres
- D. 18 litres Discuss
- 5. In a mixture, the ratio of juice and water is 4 : 3. By adding 6 litre water the ratio of juice and water will be 8 : 7. What is the amount of juice in the original mixture ?
Options- A. 38 lit
- B. 96 lit
- C. 48 lit
- D. 52 lit Discuss
- 6. 20 kg of a mixture of wheat and husk contains 5% husk. How many kg more of husk must be added to make the husk content 20% in the new mixture?
Options- A. 2.75
- B. 3.75
- C. 4.75
- D. 5.75 Discuss
- 7. A milkman buys milk at Rs 25 per litre and adds 1/4 of water to it and sells the mixture at Rs 26 per litre. His gain (in %) is?
Options- A. 25
- B. 20
- C. 30
- D. 15 Discuss
- 8. If a dairy mixes cow's milk which contains 10% fat with buffalo's milk which contains 20% fat, then the resulting mixture has fat (120/7)% of fat. What ratio was the cow's milk mixed with buffalo's milk?
Options- A. 2 : 5
- B. 1 : 5
- C. 2 : 3
- D. 2 : 1 Discuss
- 9. In a mixture of 35 litres, the ratio of milk and water is 4:1. If 7 litres of water is added to the mixture, the ratio of milk and water of the new mixture will be
Options- A. 2:1
- B. 1:2
- C. 4:5
- D. 5:4 Discuss
- 10. Price of 1 kg of sugar is increased by 30% and the increase is of Rs 48. What is the new price (in Rs) of the sugar per kg?
Options- A. 178
- B. 160
- C. 208
- D. 216 Discuss
Alligation or Mixture problems
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Correct Answer: 80
Correct Answer: 10
Correct Answer: 20 ltr
Explanation:
Let initial quantity be Q, and final quantity be F
F = Q(1 - 8/Q)
=> Q = 20
Correct Answer: 21 litres
Correct Answer: 48 lit
Explanation:
Let the amount of juice and water in original mixture '4x' litre and '3x' litre respectively.
According to given data,
4x/3x+6 =8/7
28x=24x+48
28x?24x=48
4x = 48
x = 12
Amount of juice = 4x = 4×12 = 48 litre.
Correct Answer: 3.75
Correct Answer: 30
Correct Answer: 2 : 5
Correct Answer: 2:1
Explanation:
Ratio of milk andwater = 4:1
Quantity of water = 35/5 = 7 litres
Quantity of milk = 35 X 4/5 = 28 litres
If 7 litre of water is added, new quantity of water = 14 litre
New ratio of milk and water = 28:14 = 2:1
Correct Answer: 208
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