Alligation or Mixture problems
A container contains 120 lit of Diesel. From this container, 12 lit of Diesel was taken out and replaced by kerosene. This process was further repeated for two times. How much diesel is now there in the container?
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
From the given data, let the initial quantity of the mixture = 5x Then, 2 x - 16 3 x - 24 + 40 = 1 4 8 x - 64 = 3 x + 16 5 x = 80 x = 16 lit Then the initial quantity of the mixture = 5x = 5 x 16 = 80 lit.