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?

21
25
20
10

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A sum of Rs.118 was divided among 50 boys and girls such that each boy received Rs.2.60 and each girl Rs.1.80. Find the number of boys and girls?

30 boys and 20 girls
20 boys and 30 girls
35 boys and 15 girls
15 boys and 35 girls

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Alligation or Mixture problems
In a mixture of 60 liters, the ratio of milk and water is 2 : 1. If the ratio of the milk and water is to be 1 : 2, then the amount of water to be further added is ?

20 litres
60 litres
30 litres
40 litres

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Kantilal mixes 80 kg of sugar worth of Rs. 6·75 per kg with 120 kg worth of Rs. 8 per kg. At what rate shall he sell the mixture to gain 20 %?

Rs. 8·20
Rs. 8·85
Rs. 7·50
Rs. 9

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A jar was full with honey. A person used to draw out 20% of the honey from the jar and replaced it with sugar solution. He has repeated the same process 4 times and thus there was only 512 gm of honey left in the jar, the rest part of the jar was filled with the sugar solution. The initial amount of honey in the jar was filled with the sugar solution. The initial amount of honey in the jar was:

None of these
1.25 kg
1.5 kg
1 kg

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