Alligation or Mixture problems In what proportion water must be added to spirit to gain 20% by selling it at the cost price? 1:6 1:5 1:7 1:8 1:6 1:5 1:7 1:8 ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Alligation or Mixture problems 6 liters of milk and water mixture has 75% milk in it. How much milk should be added to the mixture to make it 90% pure? 12 liters 10 liters 8 liters 9 liters 12 liters 10 liters 8 liters 9 liters ANSWER EXPLANATION DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP The given solution has 75% milk. Milk to be added has 100% milk. Milk should be added to the given mixture in the ratio 15 : 10 or 3 : 2 Quantity of milk to be added = (3 / 2) × 6 = 9 liters.
Alligation or Mixture problems Three boxes of capacity 24 kg, 36 kg and 84 kg are completely filled with three varieties of wheat A, B and C respectively. All the three boxes were emptied and the three types of wheat were thoroughly mixed and the mixture was put back in the three boxes. How many kg of type A wheat would be there in the third box (in kg)? 14 10 16 12 14 10 16 12 ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
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 %? 8 kg 4 kg 5 kg 30 kg 8 kg 4 kg 5 kg 30 kg ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Alligation or Mixture problems 80 litre mixture of milk and water contains 10% milk. How much milk (in litres) must be added to make water percentage in the mixture as 80%? 10 8 12 9 10 8 12 9 ANSWER EXPLANATION DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP Let initial quantity be Q, and final quantity be F F = Q(1 - 8/Q) 4 => Q = 20
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 ? 16 14 34 36 16 14 34 36 ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
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