MIXTURES AND ALLEGIATION

1) A Container contains ‘X’ Liters of Milk. A thief stole 50 Liters of Milk and replaced it with the same quantity of
water. He repeated the same process further two times. And thus Milk in the container is only ‘X-122’ liters. Then
what is the quantity of water in the final mixture?
1. 122 Liter
2. 124 Liter
3. 128 Liter
4. 250 Liter

Solution:
X-122 = X(1-50/X)³
X = 250 Liter
Milk = 250-122 = 128
Water = 122

2) In a 250 liter of a mixture of Milk and Water, Water is X%. The milkman sold 50 liters of the mixture and
replaced same quantity with water. If the percent of Milk in final mixture is 64%, then what is the percentage of
Milk in the initial mixture?
1. 20%
2. 40%
3. 50%
4. 80%

Solution:
Milk = 250*(100-x/100)
50 liters replaced then
250*(100-x/100) – 50*(100-x/100) = 64% of 250
X = 200%
Milk = 80%

3) A jar contains ‘x’ liters of Milk, a seller withdraws 25 liter of it and sells it at Rs.20 per liter. He then replaces it
water. He repeated the process total three times. Every time while selling he reduces selling price by Rs.2. After this
process Milk left in the mixture is only 108 liters so he decided to sell the entire Mixture at Rs. 15 per liter. Then
how much profit did he earned if bought Milk at Rs.20 per liter?
1. Rs.50
2. Rs.70
3. Rs.90
4. Rs.100

Solution:
Seller sells Milk at Rs.20,18 and 16 respectively for three times
= 25*(20+18+16) = 1350
108 = x(1-25/100)
x =256 liter
He sold entire 256 at Rs.15 =256*15 = 3840
Cost price = 256*20 = 5120
profit = 5190-5120 = 70
4) From a container of milk, which contains 200 liters of milk, the seller replaces each time with water when he sells
40 liters of milk(or mixture). Every time he sells out only 40 liters of milk(or mixture). After replacing the milk with
water 4th time, the total amount of water in the mixture is
A. 75.82L
B. 81.92L
C. 85.28L
D. 87.45L

Solution:
The amount of Milk left after 4 operations = 200(1-40/100)4
= 200 *(4/5)4= 200 * 256/625 = 81.92L;
Amount of water = 200 – 81.92 = 118.08L

5) From a container of Milk, a thief has stolen 15 liters of milk and replaced it with same quantity of water. He again
repeated the same process. Thus in three attempts, the ratio of Milk and water became 343:169. The initial amount
of Milk in the container was:
A.140 litre
B.130 litre
C.125 litre
D.120 litre

Solution:
Milk(Left) = 343
Milk(Initial amount) = 512
343x = 512x(1 – 15/y)
(1-15/y) = 7/8
y = 120 litre

6) The diluted Milk contains only 8 liters of Milk and the rest is water. A new mixture whose concentration is 30%,
is to be formed by replacing Milk. How many liters of the mixture shall be replaced with pure Milk if there was
initially 32 liters of water in the mixture?
A. 3 litre
B. 4 litre
C. 8 litre
D. 5 litre

Solution:
Milk : Water
8 : 32 => 1:4
Original Ratio = 20%:80%
Required Ratio = 30%:70%
Original Ratio(water) = 80%
Required Ratio(water) = 70%
7/8 = (1-x/40)
x = 5 litre
7) A vessel is filled with liquid, 4 parts of which are water and 5 parts syrup. How much of the mixture must be
drawn off and replaced with water so that the mixture may be half water and half syrup?
A.1/9
B.1/10
C.1/5
D.1/12

Solution:
Suppose the vessel initially contains 9litres of liquid.
Let x litres of this liquid be replaced with water.
(4-(4x/9) +x) = (5-(5x/9))
X = 9/10
So, part of the mixture replaced = 9/10 * 1/9 = 1/10

8) How many kgs of rice of variety-1 costing Rs.42/kg should a shopkeeper mix with 25 kgs of rice of variety-2
costing Rs.24 per kg so that he makes a profit of 25% on selling the mixture at Rs.40/kg?
A.15
B.20
C.25
D.30

Solution:
25% profit by selling the mixture at Rs.40/kg, his cost per kg of the mixture = Rs.32/kg.
(x×42)+(25×24)=32(x+25)
42x+600=32x+800
10x=200
x=20kgs.

9) When one litre of water is added to a mixture of milk and water, the new mixture contains 25% of milk. When
one litre of milk is added to the new mixture, then the resulting mixture contains 40% milk. What is the percentage
of milk in the original mixture?
A. 100/6 %
B. 50/6 %
C. 100/3 %
D. 50/3 %

Solution:
Original Mixture = x L
In (x + 1) Mixture, quantity of milk = (x + 1)* (25/100) = (x + 1)/4
one litre of milk is added to the new mixture
[((x + 1)/4 )+ 1 ]/ x + 2 = 40%
x = 3 ; quantity of milk = (3 + 1)/4 = 1L
percentage of milk in the original mixture = 1/3 * 100 = 100/3 %
310) A vessel is filled with 120 litres of Chemical solution, Acid “A”. Some quantity of Acid “A” was taken out and
replaced with 23 litres of Acid “B” in such a way that the resultant ratio of the quantity of Acid “A” to Acid “B” is
4:1. Again 23 litres of the mixture was taken out and replaced with 28 litre of Acid “B”. What is the ratio of the
Acid “A” to Acid “B” in the resultant mixture?
A. 43 : 29
B. 46 : 23
C. 47 : 21
D. 46 : 29

Solution:
In 23 litre mixture, Quantity of Acid “B” = 23 * 1/5 = 4.6 litre
Acid “A” in the mixture = 23 – 4.6 = 18.4 litre
120 – x / 23 = 4 / 1
x = 28
Ratio = 92-18.4 : 18.4 + 28
Ratio = 46 : 29
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