Alligation or Mixture problems
A merchant has 160 kgs of wheat. He sells a part of it at 10% profit and the rest of 6% loss. If he incurs 4% loss on the whole, find the quantity for each part.

140 kgs
150 kgs
160 kgs
120 kgs

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Alligation or Mixture problems
Jar A has 36 litres of mixture of milk and water in the respective ratio of 5 : 4. Jar B which had 20 litres of mixture of milk and water, was emptied into jar A, and as a result in jar A, the respective ratio of milk and water becomes 5: 3. What was the quantity of water in jar B?

2 lit
8 lit
5 lit
3 lit

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Alligation or Mixture problems
A cask full of wine from which 8 litres are drawn and is then filled with water. This operation is performed three more times. The ratio of quantity of wine left in the cask to that of the water is 16: 81. How much wine did the cask hold originally?

18 litres
42 litres
32 litres
24 litres

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