Alligation or Mixture problems
A can contains a mixture of two liquids A and B is the ratio 7 : 5. When 9 litres of mixture are drawn off and the can is filled with B, the ratio of A and B becomes 7 : 9. How many litres of liquid A was contained by the can initially?

25
20
21
10

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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:

175.50
169.50
180
170

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Alligation or Mixture problems
Equal quantities of three mixtures of milk and water are mixed in the ratio 1:2, 2:3 and 3:4. The ratio of water and milk in the mixture is?

97 : 102
115 : 201
193 : 122
147 : 185

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Alligation or Mixture problems
From a cask of wine containing 25 litres, 5 litres are withdrawn and the cask is refilled with water. The process is repeated a second and then a third time. Find the quantity of wine left in the cask and also the ratio of wine to water in the resulting mixture.

64 : 61
16 : 46
61 : 64
46 : 16

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From a container of wine, a thief has stolen 15 litres of wine and replaced it with same quantity of water. He again repeated the same process. Thus, in three attempts the ratio of wine and water became 343 : 169. The initial amount of wine in the container was:

75 litres
120 litres
150 litres
100 litres

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