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

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Alligation or Mixture problems
From a cask of wine containing 25 litres, 5 litres are withdrawn and the cask is refilled with water. The process is repeated a second and then a third time. Find the quantity of wine left in the cask and also the ratio of wine to water in the resulting mixture.

16 : 46
61 : 64
64 : 61
46 : 16

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Alligation or Mixture problems
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?

71.02%
86.42%
63.22%
76.92%

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