Alligation or Mixture problems
3 glasses of capacity 2 liters, 5 liters and 9 liters contain mixture of milk and water with milk concentrations 90 %, 80 % and 70 % respectively. The contents of 3 glasses are emptied into a large vessel. Find the milk concentration and ratio of milk to water in the resultant mixture ?

39 : 121
49 : 131
121 : 39
131 : 49

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Tea worth Rs. 126 per kg and Rs. 135 per kg are mixed with a third variety in the ratio 1 : 1 : 2. If the mixture is worth Rs. 153 per kg, the price of the third variety per kg will be:

Rs. 170
Rs. 175.50
Rs. 169.50
Rs. 180

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A cask full of wine from which 8 litres are drawn and is then filled with water. This operation is performed three more times. The ratio of quantity of wine left in the cask to that of the water is 16: 81. How much wine did the cask hold originally?

32 litres
18 litres
24 litres
42 litres

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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%?

45 gm
50 gm
55 gm
60 gm

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A shopkeeper has 50 kgs of rice. He sells a part of it at 20% profit and the rest at 40% profit. If he gains 25% on the whole, find the quantity of each part.

23.5 kgs and 21.5 kgs
12.5 kgs and 37.5 kgs
21.5 kgs and 23.5 kgs
37.5 kgs and 12.5 kgs

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Alligation or Mixture problems
Tea worth Rs. 126 per kg and Rs. 135 per kg are mixed with a third variety in the ratio 1 : 1 : 2. If mixture is worth Rs. 153 per kg, the price of the third variety per kg will be:

180
170
169.50
175.50

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