Alligation or Mixture problems
A man bought a certain quantity of sugar for Rs. 8000. He sells one-fourth of it at 20% loss. At what per cent profit should he sell the remainder stock so as to make an overall profit of 20%?

35%
20%
40%
30%

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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

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

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Alligation or Mixture problems
A vessel contains mixture of liquids A and B in the ratio 3: 2. When 20 litres of the mixture is taken out and replaced by 20 litres of liquid B, the ratio changes to 1: 4. How many litres of liquid A was there initially present in the vessel?

24 litres
18 litres
22 litres
12 litres

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Alligation or Mixture problems
How many liters of oil at Rs.40 per liter should be mixed with 240 liters of a second variety of oil at Rs.60 per liter so as to get a maximum whose cost is Rs.52 per liter?

160
110
180
120

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