Alligation or Mixture problems A sum of Rs. 41 was divided among 50 boys and girls. Each boy gets 90 paise and a girl 65 paise. The number of boys is ? 36 14 16 34 36 14 16 34 ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
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 24 litres 32 litres 18 litres 42 litres 24 litres 32 litres ANSWER EXPLANATION DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP Let A liters wine cask hold originally, then A[1 - (8 / A)]4 / A = 16 / 81 ? (1 - (8 / A))4 = (2 / 3 )4 ? (1 - (8 / A)) = (2 / 3) ? (8 / A) = (1 - (2 /3)) ? (8 / A) = (1 / 3)? A = 24 liters
Alligation or Mixture problems Two vessels A and B contain mixture of milk and water in the ratio 4 : 1 and 9 : 11 respectively. They are mixed in the ratio of 3 : 2. Find the ratio of milk and water in the resulting mixture. 34 : 16 16 : 34 17 : 33 33 : 17 34 : 16 16 : 34 17 : 33 33 : 17 ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Alligation or Mixture problems In a 100 litre of mixture the ratio of milk and water is 6:4. How much milk must be added to the mixture in order to make the ratio 3 : 1? 45 85 60 55 45 85 60 55 ANSWER EXPLANATION DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP Let M litres milk be added => 60 + M 40 = 3 1 => 60 + M = 120 => M = 60 lit.
Alligation or Mixture problems A jar was full with honey. A person used to draw out 20% of the honey from the jar and replaced it with sugar solution. He has repeated the same process 4 times and thus there was only 512 gm of honey left in the jar, the rest part of the jar was filled with the sugar solution. The initial amount of honey in the jar was: 1.25 kg 1.5 kg None of these 1 kg 1.25 kg 1.5 kg None of these 1 kg ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Alligation or Mixture problems A tin a mixture of two liquids A and B in the proportion 4 : 1. If 45 litres of the mixture is replaced by 45 litres of liquid B, then the ratio of the two liquids becomes 2 : 5. How much of the liquid B was there in the tin? What quantity does the tin hold? 62 l 50 l 65 l 58 l 62 l 50 l 65 l 58 l ANSWER EXPLANATION DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP Let the tin contain 5x litres of liquids 5 x - 45 x 4 5 5 x - 45 x 1 5 + 45 = 2 5 => 5(4x - 36) = 2(x + 36) => 20x - 180 = 2x + 72 => x = 14 litres Hence, the initial quantity of mixture = 70l Quantity of liquid B = 70 - 45 x 1 5 + 45 = 50 litres.
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