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  • The amount of water (in ml) that should be added to reduce 9 ml lotion, containing 50% alcohol, to a lotion containing 30% alcohol is?


  • Options
  • A. 6 ml
  • B. 11 ml
  • C. 15 ml
  • D. 9 ml

  • Correct Answer
  • 6 ml 

    Explanation

    Let us assume that the lotion has 50% alcohol and 50% water.
    ratio = 1:1
    As the total solution is 9ml
    alcohol = water = 4.5ml
    Now if we want the quantity of alcohol = 30%
    The quantity of water = 70%
    The new ratio = 3:7
    Let x ml of water be added
    We get,
    4 . 5 4 . 5 + x   =   3 7
    => x=6
    Hence 6ml of water is added.

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    • Options
    • A. 1:1
    • B. 2:1
    • C. 3:1
    • D. 1:2
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    • 2. How many liters of oil at Rs.40 per liter should be mixed with 240 liters of a second variety of oil at Rs.60 per liter so as to get a maximum whose cost is Rs.52 per liter?

    • Options
    • A. 120
    • B. 180
    • C. 110
    • D. 160
    • Discuss
    • 3. A milkman claims to sell milk at its cost price, still, he is making a profit of 30% since he has mixed some amount of water in the milk. What is the % of milk in the mixture?

    • Options
    • A. 71.02%
    • B. 76.92%
    • C. 63.22%
    • D. 86.42%
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    • 4. A container contains 50 litres of milk. From that 8 litres of milk was taken out and replaced by water. This process was repeated further two times. How much milk is now contained by the container?

    • Options
    • A. 24.52 litres
    • B. 29.63 litres
    • C. 28.21 litres
    • D. 25.14 litres
    • Discuss
    • 5. 4 kg of a metal contains 1/5 copper and rest in Zinc. Another 5 kg of metal contains 1/6 copper and rest in Zinc.The ratio of Copper and Zinc into the mixture of these two metals:

    • Options
    • A. 49 : 221
    • B. 39:231
    • C. 94:181
    • D. None of these
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    • 6. A mixture of 70 litres of Fruit Juice and water contains 10% water. How many litres of water should be added to the mixture so that the mixture contains 12.5% water?

    • Options
    • A. 2 lit
    • B. 4 lit
    • C. 1 lit
    • D. 3 lit
    • Discuss
    • 7. Milk and water are mixed in a vessel A as 4:1 and in vessel B as 3:2. For vessel C, if one takes equal quantities from A and B, find the ratio of milk to water in C.

    • Options
    • A. 1:9
    • B. 9:1
    • C. 3:7
    • D. 7:3
    • Discuss
    • 8. The concentration of glucose in three different mixtures (glucose and alcohol) is 12,35 and 45 respectively. If 2 litres, 3 litres and 1 litre are taken from these three different vessels and mixed. What is the ratio of glucose and alcohol in the new mixture?

    • Options
    • A. 3:2
    • B. 4:3
    • C. 2:3
    • D. 3:4
    • Discuss
    • 9. One type of liquid contains 25 % of benzene, the other contains 30% of benzene. A can is filled with 6 parts of the first liquid and 4 parts of the second liquid. Find the percentage of benzene in the new mixture.

    • Options
    • A. 27 %
    • B. 26 %
    • C. 29 %
    • D. 21 %
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    • 10. Equal quantities of three mixtures of milk and water are mixed in the ratio 1:2, 2:3 and 3:4. The ratio of water and milk in the mixture is?

    • Options
    • A. 193 : 122
    • B. 97 : 102
    • C. 115 : 201
    • D. 147 : 185
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