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?

1 : 5
2 : 1
2 : 5
2 : 3

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A milkman claims to sell milk at its cost price, still, he is making a profit of 30% since he has mixed some amount of water in the milk. What is the % of milk in the mixture?

76.92%
63.22%
71.02%
86.42%

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Alligation or Mixture problems
Milk and water are mixed in a vessel A as 4:1 and in vessel B as 3:2. For vessel C, if one takes equal quantities from A and B, find the ratio of milk to water in C.

9:1
3:7
1:9
7:3

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Alligation or Mixture problems
The concentration of glucose in three different mixtures (glucose and alcohol) is 12,35 and 45 respectively. If 2 litres, 3 litres and 1 litre are taken from these three different vessels and mixed. What is the ratio of glucose and alcohol in the new mixture?

2:3
3:2
4:3
3:4

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Alligation or Mixture problems
A mixture of 70 litres of Fruit Juice and water contains 10% water. How many litres of water should be added to the mixture so that the mixture contains 12.5% water?

1 lit
3 lit
2 lit
4 lit

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Alligation or Mixture problems
Shiva purchased 280 kg of Rice at the rate of 15.60/kg and mixed it with 120 kg of rice purchased at the rate of 14.40/kg. He wants to earn a profit of Rs. 10.45 per kg by selling it. What should be the selling price of the mix per kg?

Rs. 25.69
Rs. 22.18
Rs. 27.54
Rs. 26.94

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