Alligation or Mixture problems
- 1. From a container of wine, a thief has stolen 15 litres of wine and replaced it with same quantity of water. He again repeated the same process. Thus, in three attempts the ratio of wine and water became 343 : 169. The initial amount of wine in the container was:
Options- A. 75 litres
- B. 100 litres
- C. 150 litres
- D. 120 litres Also asked in: GATE, CAT, Bank Exams, AIEEE, Bank PO, Bank Clerk
Correct Answer: 120 litres
Explanation:
It means (since 343 + 169 = 512)
Thus,
Thus the initial amount of wine was 120 liters.
- 2. A tin a mixture of two liquids A and B in the proportion 4 : 1. If 45 litres of the mixture is replaced by 45 litres of liquid B, then the ratio of the two liquids becomes 2 : 5. How much of the liquid B was there in the tin? What quantity does the tin hold?
Options- A. 58 l
- B. 65 l
- C. 50 l
- D. 62 l Also asked in: AIEEE, Bank Exams, CAT, GATE, Analyst, Bank Clerk, Bank PO
Correct Answer: 50 l
Explanation:
Let the tin contain 5x litres of liquids
=> 5(4x - 36) = 2(x + 36)
=> 20x - 180 = 2x + 72
=> x = 14 litres
Hence, the initial quantity of mixture = 70l
Quantity of liquid B
=
= 50 litres.
- 3. In a mixture of milk and water the proportion of water by weight was 75%. If in 60 gm of mixture 15 gm water was added, what would be the percentage of water? (Weight in gm)
Options- A. 80%
- B. 70%
- C. 75%
- D. 62% Also asked in: GRE, GATE, CAT, Bank Exams, AIEEE, Bank PO, Bank Clerk
Correct Answer: 80%
Explanation:
Water in 60 gm mixture=60 x 75/100 = 45 gm. and Milk = 15 gm.
After adding 15 gm. of water in mixture, total water = 45 + 15 = 60 gm and weight of a mixture = 60 + 15 = 75 gm.
So % of water = 100 x 60/75 = 80%.
- 4. In a 48 ltr mixture, the ratio of milk and water is 5:3. How much water should be added in the mixture so as the ratio will become 3:5?
Options- A. 24 lit
- B. 16 lit
- C. 32 lit
- D. 8 lit Also asked in: AIEEE, Bank Exams, CAT, GATE, Bank Clerk, Bank PO
Correct Answer: 32 lit
Explanation:
Given mixture = 48 lit
Milk in it = 48 x 5/8 = 30 lit
=> Water in it = 48 - 30 = 18 lit
Let 'L' lit of water is added to make the ratio as 3:5
=> 30/(18+L) = 3/5
=> 150 = 54 + 3L
=> L = 32 lit.
- 5. 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 filled with the sugar solution. The initial amount of honey in the jar was:
Options- A. 1.25 kg
- B. 1 kg
- C. 1.5 kg
- D. None of these Also asked in: CAT, Bank Exams, AIEEE, Bank PO, Bank Clerk
Correct Answer: 1.25 kg
Explanation:
Let the initial amount of honey in the jar was K, then
or
Therefore, K = 1250
Hence initially the honey in the jar= 1.25 kg
- 6. A man pays Rs. 6.40 per litre of milk. He adds water and sells the mixture at Rs. 8 per litre, thereby making 37.5% profit. The proportion of water to milk received by the customers is
Options- A. 1 : 10
- B. 10 : 1
- C. 9 : 11
- D. 11 : 9 Also asked in: AIEEE, Bank Exams, CAT, GATE, Analyst, Bank Clerk, Bank PO
Correct Answer: 1 : 10
Explanation:
Customer ratio of Milk and Water is given by
Milk :: Water
6.4 0
=> Milk : Water = 110 : 11 = 10 : 1
Therefore, the proportionate of Water to Milk for Customer is 1 : 10
- 7. A mixture contains 25% milk and rest water. What percent of this mixture must taken out and replaced with milk so that in mixture milk and water may become equal.
Options- A. 31.8%
- B. 31%
- C. 33.33%
- D. 29.85% Also asked in: AIEEE, Bank Exams, CAT, Analyst, Bank Clerk, Bank PO
Correct Answer: 33.33%
Explanation:
Now, take percentage of milk and applying mixture rule
25 100
50
50 25 = 2 : 1
Hence required answer = 1/3 or 33.33%
- 8. 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 Discuss
Correct Answer: 49 : 221
Explanation:
Copper in 4 kg = 4/5 kg and Zinc in 4 kg = 4 x (4/5) kg
Copper in 5 kg = 5/6 kg and Zinc in 5 kg = 5 x (5/6) kg
Therefore, Copper in mixture = kg
and Zinc in the mixture = kg
Therefore the required ratio = 49 : 221
- 9. 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 Also asked in: CAT, Bank PO
Correct Answer: 29.63 litres
Explanation:
Given that container has 50 litres of milk.
After replacing 8 litres of milk with water for three times, milk contained in the container is:
= 29.63 litres.
- 10. 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% Also asked in: AIEEE, Bank Exams, CAT, GATE, Bank Clerk, Bank PO
Correct Answer: 76.92%
Explanation:
Let the milk he bought is 1000 ml
Let C.P of 1000 ml is Rs. 100
Here let he is mixing K ml of water
He is getting 30% profit
=> Now, the selling price is also Rs. 100 for 1000 ml
=> 100 : K%
= 100 : 30
10 : 3 is ratio of milk to water
=> Percentage of milk = 10 x 100/13 = 1000/13 = 76.92%
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