Alligation or Mixture problems In what proportion water must be added to spirit to gain 20% by selling it at the cost price? 1:5 1:6 1:7 1:8 1:5 1:6 1:7 1:8 ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Alligation or Mixture problems In a courtyard there are many chickens and goats. If heads are counted, it comes to 100 but when legs are counted, it comes to 320. Find the number of chickens and goats in the courtyard. 50 , 50 40 , 60 30 , 70 20 , 50 50 , 50 40 , 60 30 , 70 20 , 50 ANSWER EXPLANATION DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP Average no. of legs per head = (320 / 100) = (16 / 5) or, 3 : 2 No. of goats = (3 / 3 + 2) × 100 = 60 No. of chickens = 100 ? 60 = 40.
Alligation or Mixture problems A container contains 40 litres of milk.From this container 4 litres of milk was taken out and replaced by water. This process was repeated further two times. How much milk is now contained by the container. 28 litres 27.36 litres 26.34 litres 29.16 litres 28 litres 27.36 litres 26.34 litres 29.16 litres ANSWER EXPLANATION DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP Amount of milk left after 3 operations 40 1 - 4 40 3 = 40 * 9 10 * 9 10 * 9 10 = 29 . 16 litres
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. 16 : 34 17 : 33 33 : 17 34 : 16 16 : 34 17 : 33 33 : 17 34 : 16 ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
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 filled with the sugar solution. The initial amount of honey in the jar was: None of these 1.25 kg 1.5 kg 1 kg None of these 1.25 kg 1.5 kg 1 kg ANSWER EXPLANATION DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP Let the initial amount of honey in the jar was K, then 512 = K 1 - 1 5 4 ? 20 % = 20 100 = 1 5 or 512 = K 4 5 4 Therefore, K = 1250 Hence initially the honey in the jar= 1.25 kg
Alligation or Mixture problems A milkman buys milk at Rs 25 per litre and adds 1/4 of water to it and sells the mixture at Rs 26 per litre. His gain (in %) is? 30 15 25 20 30 15 25 20 ANSWER EXPLANATION DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP Let initial quantity be Q, and final quantity be F F = Q(1 - 8/Q) 4 => Q = 20
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