Alligation or Mixture problems A vessel, full of water, weighs 24 kg. When the vessel is 1/4 full, it weighs 9 kg. Find the weight of empty vessel. 4 kg 3 kg 8 kg 5 kg 4 kg 3 kg 8 kg 5 kg ANSWER EXPLANATION DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP Let the weight of vessel be xWeight of water = 24 ? x? (24 ? x)/4 + x = 9? 24 ? x + 4x = 36? 3x = 12? x = 4 kg
Alligation or Mixture problems A mixture of 20 kg of spirit and water contains 10 % water. How much water must be added to this mixture to raise the percentage of water to 25 %? 4 kg 8 kg 30 kg 5 kg 4 kg 8 kg 30 kg 5 kg ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Alligation or Mixture problems A drum contains 80 litres of ethanol. 20 litres of this liquid is removed and replaced with water. 20 litres of this mixture is again removed and replaced with water. How much water (in litres) is present in this drum now? 40 45 35 44 40 45 35 44 ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Alligation or Mixture problems If a dairy mixes cow's milk which contains 10% fat with buffalo's milk which contains 20% fat, then the resulting mixture has fat (120/7)% of fat. What ratio was the cow's milk mixed with buffalo's milk? 2 : 3 2 : 5 2 : 1 1 : 5 2 : 3 2 : 5 2 : 1 1 : 5 ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Alligation or Mixture problems A milk man sells the milk at the cost price but he mixes the water in it and thus he gains 9.09%. The quantity of water in the mixture of 1 liter is : 99.09 ml 90.90 ml can't be determined 83.33 ml 99.09 ml 90.90 ml can't be determined 83.33 ml ANSWER EXPLANATION DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP Profit (%) = 9.09 % = 1/11 Since the ratio of water and milk is 1 : 11, Therefore the ratio of water is to mixture = 1:12 Thus the quantity of water in mixture of 1 liter = 1000 x (1/12) = 83.33 ml
Alligation or Mixture problems A vessel contains 80 litres of milk. 16 litres of milk was taken out of the vessel and replaced by water. Then 16 litres of mixture was withdrawn and again replaced by water. The operation was repeated for third time. How much milk is now left in the vessel? 50.36 litres 40.96 litres 96.40 litres 32.76 litres 50.36 litres 40.96 litres 96.40 litres 32.76 litres ANSWER EXPLANATION DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP Amount of milk left = 80 [1 - (16 / 80)]3 = 80 (4 / 5)3 80 × (64 / 125) = 40.96 liters.
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