Alligation or Mixture problems
A milk seller pays Rs. 500 per kiloliter for his milk. He adds water to it and sells the mixture at 56 P a liter, thereby making altogether 40 % profit. Find the proportion of water to milk which his customers receive?

4 : 1
2 : 3
1 : 4
1 : 5

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Alligation or Mixture problems
How many kilogram of sugar costing Rs. 9 per kg must be mixed with 27 kg of sugar costing Rs. 7 per kg so that there may be a gain of 10% by selling the mixture at Rs. 9.24 per kg?

63 kg
54 kg
42 kg
36 kg

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Alligation or Mixture problems
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?

3:2
3:4
2:3
4:3

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Alligation or Mixture problems
A container of 90 liters with two liquids A and B, 60% of liquid A and 30% of liquid B are taken out of the vessel. This leaves the container 40% empty. Find the initial quantity of both liquids.

54 litres
50 litres
57 litres
60 litres

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Alligation or Mixture problems
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?

72 litres
1.5 litres
15 litres
24lLitres

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From a container, 6 liters milk was drawn out and was replaced by water. Again 6 liters of mixture was drawn out and was replaced by the water. Thus the quantity of milk and water in the container after these two operations is 9:16. The quantity of mixture is:

31
16
15
25

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