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%?

40%
20%
30%
35%

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Alligation or Mixture problems
In a pot, there is a mixture of milk and water in the ratio 4 : 5. If it is filled with an additional 8 litres of milk, the pot would be full and ratio of milk and water would become 6 : 5. Find the capacity of the pot?

44 lit
22 lit
11 lit
33 lit

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Alligation or Mixture problems
A jar full of whisky contains 40% alcohol. A part of this whisky is replaced by another containing 19% alcohol and now the percentage of alcohol was found to be 26%. The quantity of whisky replaced is:

1/3
2/3
2/5
3/5

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Alligation or Mixture problems
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. 9
Rs. 8·20
Rs. 8·85
Rs. 7·50

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Alligation or Mixture problems
From the 50 liters of milk, 5 liters of milk is taken out and after it 5 liters of water is added to the rest amount of milk. Again 5 liters of milk and water is drawn out and it was replaced by 5 liters of water. If this process is continued similarly for the third time, the amount of milk left after the third replacement:

45L
40.5L
36.45L
42.5L

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