Alligation or Mixture problems
A dishonest milkman professes to sell his milk at cost price but he mixes it with water and thereby gains 25%. The percentage of water in the mixture is:

25%
4%
20%
6¼%

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Alligation or Mixture problems
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

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

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Alligation or Mixture problems
In a mixture of 45 liters, the ratio of milk and water is 4:1. How much water must be added to make the mixture ratio 3:2?

24lLitres
1.5 litres
72 litres
15 litres

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Alligation or Mixture problems
Ratio of water and milk in a container is 2 : 3. If 40 liter mixture removed from the container and same quantity of milk is added to it then the ratio of water to milk becomes 1 : 4. Find the initial quantity of mixture?

75 lit
80 lit
85 lit
90 lit

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