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%
6¼%
20%
4%

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Alligation or Mixture problems
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
37.5 kgs and 12.5 kgs
21.5 kgs and 23.5 kgs

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Alligation or Mixture problems
The average monthly salary of employees, consisting of officers and workers, of an organisation is Rs. 3000. The average salary of an officer is Rs. 10,000 while that of a worker is Rs. 2000 per month. If there are total 400 employees in the organisation, find the number of officers and workers separately.

310 , 90
300 , 100
250 , 150
50 , 350

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Alligation or Mixture problems
A person has Rs. 5000. He invests a part of it at 3% per annum and the remainder at 8% per annum simple interest. His total income in 3 years is Rs. 750. Find the sum invested at different rates of interest.

Rs. 2750 and Rs. 2250
Rs. 2000 and Rs. 3000
Rs. 2500 and Rs. 2500
Rs. 3000 and Rs. 2000

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Alligation or Mixture problems
In a mixture, the ratio of juice and water is 4 : 3. By adding 6 litre water the ratio of juice and water will be 8 : 7. What is the amount of juice in the original mixture?

96 lit
38 lit
52 lit
48 lit

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