Alligation or Mixture problems
The average weight of boys in a class is 30 kg and the average weight of girls in the same class is 20kg. If the average weight of the whole class is 23.25 kg, what could be the possible strength of boys and girls respectively in the same class?

17 and 27
13 and 27
None of these
14 and 16

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Alligation or Mixture problems
In what ratio must a merchant mix two varieties of oils worth Rs. 60/kg and Rs. 65/kg, so that by selling the mixture at Rs. 68.20/kg, he may gain 10%?

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

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Alligation or Mixture problems
An alloy of copper and bronze weight 50g. It contains 80% Copper. How much copper should be added to the alloy so that percentage of copper is increased to 90%?

60 gm
55 gm
50 gm
45 gm

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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

1 : 10
10 : 1
11 : 9
9 : 11

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In what ratio must water be mixed with milk to gain 16⅔% on selling the mixture at cost price?

4 : 3
1 : 6
6 : 1
2 : 3

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