ALLIGATION OR MIXTURE PROBLEMS QUIZ

A mixture is composed of 11 parts of pure milk and 2 parts of water. If 35 litres of water were added to the mixture then the new mixture will contain twice as much pure milk as water, then how many litres of pure milk does the original mixture contain?

110

70

55

220

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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

50

30

55

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A mixture of 150 liters of wine and water contains 20% water. How much more water should be added so that water becomes 25% of the new mixture?

40 liters

20 liters

10 liters

30 liters

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A shopkeeper buys 26 liter of milk @ Rs. 16 per liter. He also buys from another source an inferior quality of milk @ Rs. 10 per liter. How much quantity of the later should he buy to mix it with the former so that he can sell the mixture @ Rs. 14 per liter without making any loss?

12 liter

14 liter

13 liter

16 liter

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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

29.16 litres

26.34 litres

27.36 litres

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Two vessels A and B contain milk and water in the ratio 7 : 5 and 17 : 7 respectively. In what ratio mixtures from two vessels should be mixed to get a new mixture containing milk and water in the ratio 5 : 3?

1 : 2

3 : 2

2 : 3

2 : 1

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In a mixture, the ratio of juice and water is 4 : 3. By adding 6 litre water the ratio of juice and water will be 8 : 7. What is the amount of juice in the original mixture?

52 lit

38 lit

96 lit

48 lit

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729 ml. of a mixture contains milk and water in the ratio 7 : 2. How much more water is to be added to get a new mixture containing milk and water in ratio 7 : 3?

600 ml

520 ml

None of these

710 ml

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In what ratio must a grocer mix two varieties of tea worth Rs. 60 a kg and Rs. 65 a kg so that by selling the mixture at Rs. 68.20 a kg he may gain 10%?

3 : 5

4 : 5

3 : 2

3 : 4

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In a mixture of milk and water, there is 19% milk. If the quantity of milk in the mixture is 437 mililitres, then what is the total quantity (in millilitres) of mixture?

2300

2350

2200

2400

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