Alligation or Mixture problems
In what ratio must water be mixed with milk to gain 16⅔% on selling the mixture at cost price?

1 : 6
2 : 3
6 : 1
4 : 3

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Alligation or Mixture problems
A dishonest milkman professes to sell his milk at cost price but he mixes it with water and thereby gains 25%. The percentage of water in the mixture is:

20%
4%
6¼%
25%

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Alligation or Mixture problems
A milk vendor has 2 cans of milk. The first contains 25% water and the rest milk. The second contains 50% water. How much milk should he mix from each of the containers so as to get 12 litres of milk such that the ratio of water to milk is 3 : 5?

4 litres, 8 litres
6 litres, 6 litres
7 litres, 5 litres
5 litres, 7 litres

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Alligation or Mixture problems
A jar full of whisky contains 40% alcohol. A part of this whisky is replaced by another containing 19% alcohol and now the percentage of alcohol was found to be 26%. The quantity of whisky replaced is:

1/3
2/3
3/5
2/5

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Alligation or Mixture problems
From the 50 liters of milk, 5 liters of milk is taken out and after it 5 liters of water is added to the rest amount of milk. Again 5 liters of milk and water is drawn out and it was replaced by 5 liters of water. If this process is continued similarly for the third time, the amount of milk left after the third replacement:

40.5L
36.45L
42.5L
45L

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