Alligation or Mixture problems
Jar A has 36 litres of mixture of milk and water in the respective ratio of 5 : 4. Jar B which had 20 litres of mixture of milk and water, was emptied into jar A, and as a result in jar A, the respective ratio of milk and water becomes 5: 3. What was the quantity of water in jar B?

3 lit
5 lit
2 lit
8 lit

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Alligation or Mixture problems
The average age of 6 members of a family is 20 years. If the age of the servant is included, then the average age increase by 25%. What is the age (in years) of the servant?

35
30
55
50

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Alligation or Mixture problems
A container contains 120 lit of Diesel. From this container, 12 lit of Diesel was taken out and replaced by kerosene. This process was further repeated for two times. How much diesel is now there in the container?

88.01 lit
87.51 lit
87.48 lit
87.62 lit

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Alligation or Mixture problems
A shopkeeper has 50 kgs of rice. He sells a part of it at 20% profit and the rest at 40% profit. If he gains 25% on the whole, find the quantity of each part.

12.5 kgs and 37.5 kgs
37.5 kgs and 12.5 kgs
21.5 kgs and 23.5 kgs
23.5 kgs and 21.5 kgs

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A man pays Rs. 6.40 per litre of milk. He adds water and sells the mixture at Rs. 8 per litre, thereby making 37.5% profit. The proportion of water to milk received by the customers is

11 : 9
10 : 1
1 : 10
9 : 11

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