Alligation or Mixture problems
A man buys milk at Rs. 5 a litre and mixes it with water. By selling the mixture at Rs. 4 a litre he gains 121/2 % on his outlay. How much water did each litre of the mixture contain?

None of these
32 litre 13
13 litre 45
32 litre 45

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The average monthly salary of employees, consisting of officers and workers, of an organisation is Rs. 3000. The average salary of an officer is Rs. 10,000 while that of a worker is Rs. 2000 per month. If there are total 400 employees in the organisation, find the number of officers and workers separately.

50 , 350
250 , 150
310 , 90
300 , 100

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8 litres are drawn from a cask full of wine and is then filled with water. This operation is performed three more times. The ratio of the quantity of wine now left in cask to that of water is 16 : 65. How much wine did the cask hold originally?

18 litres
32 litres
42 litres
24 litres

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In a mixture of 45 liters, the ratio of milk and water is 4:1. How much water must be added to make the mixture ratio 3:2?

15 litres
1.5 litres
72 litres
24lLitres

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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:

39:231
94:181
None of these
49 : 221

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In a class of 30 students , the average weight of boys is 20 kg and the average weight of the girls is 25 kg . The fraction of boys out of the total students of the class is

3/4
Data insufficient
4/5
5/6

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