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  • Question
  • Mr. Shrimant inherits 2505 gold coins and divides them among his three sons, Bharat, Parat and Marat, in a certain ratio. Out of the total coins received by each of them, Bharat sells 30 coins Parat donates his 30 coins and Marat losses 25 coins. Now the ratio of gold coins with them is 46 : 41 : 34, respectively. How many coin did Parat receive from his father?


  • Options
  • A. 705
  • B. 950
  • C. 800
  • D. 850

  • Correct Answer
  • 850 

    Explanation

    According to the question.
    (46k +30) + (41k + 30) + (34k + 25) = 2505
    ? 121k = 2505 - 85 = 2420
    ? k = 2420/121 = 20
    ? Number of coins received by Parat = 41k + 30
    = 41 x 20 + 30 = 850


  • Ratio and Proportion problems


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    • 1. 
      In a town 80% of the population are adults of which the men and women are in the ratio of 9 : 7, respectively. If the number of adult women is 4.2 lakh, what is the total population of the town?

    • Options
    • A. 12 lakh
    • B. 9.6 lakh
    • C. 9.8 lakh
    • D. 11.6 lakh
    • Discuss
    • 2. 
      Rs. 1870 has been divided into three parts in such away that half of the first parts, one-third of the second parts, and one-sixth of the third parts are equals. The third parts is?

    • Options
    • A. Rs. 510
    • B. Rs. 680
    • C. Rs. 850
    • D. Rs. 1020
    • Discuss
    • 3. 
      The ratio of milk and water in 85 kg of adulterated milk is 27 : 7. The amount of water which must be added to make the ratio 3 : 1 is?

    • Options
    • A. 5 kg
    • B. 6.5 kg
    • C. 7.25 kg
    • D. 8 kg
    • Discuss
    • 4. 
      35% of a number is two times 75% of another number. What is the ratio between the first and the second number, respectively?

    • Options
    • A. 35 : 6
    • B. 31 : 7
    • C. 23 : 7
    • D. 32 : 9
    • Discuss
    • 5. 
      The ratio of the ages of a father to that of their ages (in years) is 1000, then find the father's age after 10 yr.

    • Options
    • A. 50 yr
    • B. 60 yr
    • C. 80 yr
    • D. 100 yr
    • Discuss
    • 6. 
      ? 600 are divided among A, B and C such that ? 40 more then 2/5th of A's share, ? 20 more then 2/7 th of B's Share and ? 10 more then 9/17 th of C's share, all are equal. What is B's share?

    • Options
    • A. ? 150
    • B. ? 185
    • C. ? 280
    • D. ? 285
    • Discuss
    • 7. 
      Salaries of Akash, Bablu and Chintu are in the ratio of 2 : 3 : 5. If their salaries were increased by 15%, 10% and 20% respectively, then what will be the new ratio of their salaries?

    • Options
    • A. 3 : 3 : 10
    • B. 23 : 33 : 60
    • C. 20 : 22 : 40
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 8. 
      In the month of January, Arun's income and expenses were ? 15000 and ? 9000, respectively. His monthly expenses vary directly as the square of his monthly income. What is his income when it just equals his expenses?

    • Options
    • A. ? 25000
    • B. ? 2000
    • C. ? 35000
    • D. ? 15000
    • Discuss
    • 9. 
      A cat takes 5 leaps for every 4 leaps of a a dog but 3 leaps of the dog are equal to 4 leaps of the cat. What is the ratio of the speeds of the cat to that of the dog?

    • Options
    • A. 11 : 15
    • B. 15 : 11
    • C. 16 : 15
    • D. 15 : 16
    • Discuss
    • 10. 
      The respective ratio of Sita's Riya's and Kunal's monthly incomes is 84 : 76 : 89. If riya's annual income ? 456000, then what is the sum of Sita and Kunal's annual incomes? (In some cases monthly income and in some cases annual income is used).?

    • Options
    • A. ? 195000
    • B. ? 983500
    • C. ? 1130000
    • D. ? 1038000
    • Discuss


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