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Mixtures and Alligations
These questions will prove to be good exercise for some good
practice in mixtures and alligations
Try to do the questions without looking at the solutions. The time
allotted is 30 mins.
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Question 1:
' (0 litre mixture of milk and water contains milk and water in
the ratio 3 ! (. )0 litres of the mixture is removed and replaced
with pure milk and the operation is repeated once more. 't the
end of the two removal and replacement* what is the ratio of
milk and water in the resultant mixture+
,)- ). ! 3 ,(- / ! ) ,3- 3 ! ). ,0- # ! 3
Question 2:
1n what ratio must a person mix three kinds of tea costing
2s.30"kg* 2s..#"kg and 2s.)00 "kg so that the resultant
mixture when sold at 2s./3"kg yields a profit of (0$+
)
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3
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0
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Question 3:
' merchant mixes three varieties of rice costing 2s.(0"kg*
2s.(0"kg and 2s.30"kg and sells the mixture at a profit of
(0$ at 2s.30 " kg. 5ow many kgs of the second variety will
be in the mixture if ( kgs of the third variety is there in the
mixture+
)
.
)
kg
(
.
# kgs
3
.
3 kgs
0
.
3 kgs
Question :
5ow many litres of water should be added to a 30 litre
mixture of milk and water containing milk and water in the
ratio of . ! 3 such that the resultant mixture has 00$ water in
it+
) . litres ( )0 litres 3 # litres 0 4one of these
. . . .
Question !:
5ow many kgs of 6asmati rice costing 2s.0("kg should a
shopkeeper mix with (# kgs of ordinary rice costing 2s.(0
per kg so that he makes a profit of (#$ on selling the mixture
at 2s.00"kg+
)
.
(0 kgs
(
.
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3
.
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0
.
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Question ":
5ow many litres of a )( litre mixture containing milk and
water in the ratio of ( ! 3 be replaced with pure milk so that
the resultant mixture contains milk and water in equal
proportion+
)
.
0 litres
(
.
( litres
3
.
) litre
0
.
).# litres
Question #:
' sample of x litres from a container having a 30 litre
mixture of milk and water containing milk and water in the
ratio of ( ! 3 is replaced with pure milk so that the container
will have milk and water in equal proportions. 7hat is the
value of x+
)
.
3 litres
(
.
)0 litres
3
.
30 litres
0
.
4one of these
Question $:
' 8ookeeper counted the heads of the animals in a 8oo and
found it to be 90. 7hen he counted the legs of the animals
he found it to be (30. 1f the 8oo had either pigeons or
horses* how many horses were there in the 8oo+
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0
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3
0
3
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3
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Question %:
:rom a cask of milk containing 30 litres* 3 litres are drawn
out and the cask is filled up with water. 1f the same process
is repeated a second* then a third time* what will be the
number of litres of milk left in the cask+
)
.
0.#)( liters
(
.
)( liters
3
.
)0.39 liters
0
.
)#.33 liters
Question 1&:
4ine litres of solution are drawn from a cask containing
water. 1t is replaced with a similar quantity of pure milk. This
operation is done twice. The ratio of water to milk in the cask
now is )3 ! /. 5ow much does the cask hold+
). 3# lit (. 00 lit 3. 0# lit 0. #0 lit
Answers:
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