Alligation or Mixture problems

Alligation or Mixture problems
In what ratio must water be added to spirit to gain 25% by selling it at cost price?

1 : 4

4 : 3

3 : 4

4 : 1

1 : 4

4 : 3

3 : 4

4 : 1

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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 kg

None of these

1.5 kg

1.25 kg

1 kg

None of these

1.5 kg

1.25 kg

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Alligation or Mixture problems
A bucket contains a mixture of two liquids A and B in the proportion 7: 5. If 9 litres of the mixture is replaced by 9 litres of liquid B, then the ratio of the two liquid becomes 7: 9. How much of the liquid A was there in the bucket?

15 litres

21 litres

18 litres

23 litres

15 litres

21 litres

18 litres

23 litres

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Alligation or Mixture problems
From a vessel filled with alcohol 1/5 of its contents is removed and the vessel is then filled up with water. If this be done 5 times in succession, what proportion of the alcohol originally contained in the vessel will have been removed from it?

1024 2101

None of these

2101 3125

1024 3125

1024 2101

None of these

2101 3125

1024 3125

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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

1 : 5

2 : 5

2 : 1

2 : 3

1 : 5

2 : 5

2 : 1

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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.

8 kg

3 kg

5 kg

4 kg

8 kg

3 kg

5 kg

4 kg

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