Alligation or Mixture problems In what proportion should water and wine at Rs. 22·50 a liter be mixed to reduce the price to Rs. 18 a liter? 2 : 3 1 : 4 3 : 2 4 : 1 2 : 3 1 : 4 3 : 2 4 : 1 ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Alligation or Mixture problems 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? 8 lit 24 lit 16 lit 32 lit 8 lit 24 lit 16 lit 32 lit ANSWER EXPLANATION DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP 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.
Alligation or Mixture problems A petrol pump owner mixed leaded and unleaded petrol in such a way that the mixture contains 10 % unleaded petrol. What quantity of leaded petrol should be added to 1 liter mixtures, so that the percentage of unleaded petrol becomes 5 %? 1900 ml 1000 ml 1800 ml 900 ml 1900 ml 1000 ml 1800 ml 900 ml ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Alligation or Mixture problems 80 litre mixture of milk and water contains 10% milk. How much milk (in litres) must be added to make water percentage in the mixture as 80%? 10 9 8 12 10 9 8 12 ANSWER EXPLANATION DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP Let initial quantity be Q, and final quantity be F F = Q(1 - 8/Q) 4 => Q = 20
Alligation or Mixture problems A jar full of whisky contains 40 % of alcohol. A part of this whisky is replaced by another containing 19 % alcohol and now the percentage of alcohol was found to be 26. The quantity of whisky replaced is ? 1 3 3 5 2 5 2 3 1 3 3 5 2 5 2 3 ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Alligation or Mixture problems In a courtyard there are many chickens and goats. If heads are counted, it comes to 100 but when legs are counted, it comes to 320. Find the number of chickens and goats in the courtyard. 50 , 50 20 , 50 40 , 60 30 , 70 50 , 50 20 , 50 40 , 60 30 , 70 ANSWER EXPLANATION DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP Average no. of legs per head = (320 / 100) = (16 / 5) or, 3 : 2 No. of goats = (3 / 3 + 2) × 100 = 60 No. of chickens = 100 ? 60 = 40.
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