Alligation or Mixture problems
The ratio of milk to water is 5:4. If two litres of water is added, the ratio becomes 10:9, then find the new amount of water in the mixture.

12 litres
16 litres
18 litres
14 litres

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The ratio of water and alcohol in two different containers is 2:3 and 4:5. In what ratio we are required to mix the mixtures of two containers in order to get the new mixture in which the ratio of alcohol and water be 7:5?

5:3
7:3
8:5
2:7

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Ratio of water and milk in a container is 2 : 3. If 40 liter mixture removed from the container and same quantity of milk is added to it then the ratio of water to milk becomes 1 : 4. Find the initial quantity of mixture?

75 lit
90 lit
85 lit
80 lit

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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?

23 litres
21 litres
15 litres
18 litres

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The ratio of petrol and kerosene in the container is 3:2 when 10 liters of the mixture is taken out and is replaced by the kerosene, the ratio become 2:3. Then total quantity of the mixture in the container is:

25
45
30
cannot be determined

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The average daily wages of staff, consisting of supervisors and labourers, of a company is Rs. 50. The average wages of supervisors is Rs. 150 while that of labourers is Rs. 40 per day. If the number of supervisors is 15, find the number of labourers in the company.

180
200
150
175

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