Concept 22( Mixture Problems)

Important Formula:C= C1q1+c2q2

Here,

C1= Concentration of the first mixture

Q1=Quantity of the first mixture

C2=Concentration of the second mixture

Q2=Quantity of the second mixture

To solve mixture problems, there is a very easy way to solve them. This method is called the “spider
method”.

Note: Always মাঝখান থেকে বিয়োগ করলে ভালো হবে । Vertical লাইনগুলো দেয়ার মানে হলো কোন negative
মানকে always পজিটিভ ধরতে হবে।

 How much salt must we add to ten grams of a 20% salt solution to strengthen it into a 50%
solution
(A) 5 gm (C)3 gm
(B) 6 gm (D) 4 gm

সমাধানঃ আমরা জানি,

A1P1+A2P2=AVG.P(A1+A2)
 Chapter
10( Mixture)
Theory :

বিগত বছর ঃ Exercise(22)

Easy: 2,4,7,15

Medium:1,3,5,6,8,9,11,12,13,14

Hard: 10,16,17

Exercise 22
(01)In 24kg salt water, 8% of salt; of another mixture,4% is salt. How many kg of the 02second
solution must be added to the first mixture to get a solution that is 5% salt?(BBA 99-00)
(A) 24 (B) 36 (C) 48 (D) 72 (E)96
(02)(02)Ten pints of 15% salt solution are mixed with 15 pints of 10% salt solution. What is the
concentration of the resulting solution? ?(BBA 95-96)

(A)10% (B) 12% (C) 12.5% (D) 13% (E)15%

(03)16 ounces of fresh orange juice contains 216 calories and 16 ounces of fresh graprfruit juice
contains 174 calories .if an eight ounce mixture of these two juices contains 94 calories. What
fractions of the mixture is orange juice? (BBA 00-01)

(A)1/3 (B) 12/27 (C) 1/2 (D) 2/3 (E)47/54

(04)The ratio of water and salt in a 16 kg of salt water solution 3:1. How much water in kg must
be added to make the ratio of water to salt 4:1? (BBA 01-02)

(A)2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 6 (E)none of these

(05)Two varieties of sugar are mixed in a certain ratio. The cost of the mixture per kg is TK.0.50
less than that of the superior variety. and TK.0.75 more than that of the inferior variety. What
was the ratio of superior variety to inferior variety in the mixture? (BBA 04-05)

(A)5:2 (B) 3:2 (C) 2:1 (D) 1:1 (E)none of these

(06)Mixture X is 40% peanut and 60% hazel nut by weight , mixture Y is 25% peanut and 75%
cashew nut. If a mixture X and Y contains 30% peanut, What percent of the weight of the
mixture is X? (BBA 08-09)

(A)10% (B) 33.33% (C) 40% (D) 50% (E)66.66%

(07)A man bought 50 kgs of sugar at the rate of TK 40/kg. He mixed it with some lower grade
sugar costing TK.25/kg sold the entire lot at TK.32 per kg and made a profit of TK 160. How much
inferior quality sugar did he mixed? (BBA 97-98)

(A)100 (B) 90 (C) 80 (D) 70 (E)60

(08)Coffee A normally costs 100 takas per pound.It is mixed with coffee B , which normally costs
70 takas per pound, to form a mixture that costs 88 takas per pound. If there are 10 pounds of
the mix, How many pounds of coffee A was used in the mix? (MBA 01-02)

(A)4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7 (E)None of these

(09)In a sugar-water solution, the ratio of sugar to water is 8:3. If you add 2 kgs of sugar, the
ratio becomes 2:1.What is the amount of sugar In the original solution of in kg? (MBA 02-03)

(A)3 (B) 4.5 (C) 6 (D) 8 (E)None of these

(10)How many liters of water should be added to a 30-liter mixture of milk and water containing
milk and water in the ratio of 7:3 such that the resultant mixture has 40% water in it? (MBA 08-
09)

(A)7 (B) 10 (C) 5 (D) 12 (E)None of these

(11)A milk vendor has 2 cans of milk. The first cans contain 25% water and the rest is milk. The
second can contains 50% water. How much milk should he mix from each of the cans
respectively so as to get 12 liters of milk such that the ratio of water to milk is 3:5 in that
mixture? (BBA 13-14)

(A)4 litres,8 litres (B) 6 litres,6 litres (C) 5 litres,7 litres

(D) 7 litres,5 litres (E)8 litres,9 litres

(12)A 60 litre mixture of sugar and water contains sugar and water in the ratio of 2:3.How many
litres of the mixture should be replaced by sugar so that the ratio of sugar and water becomes
1:1? (BBA 16-17)

(A)6 (B) 10 (C) 15 (D) 20 (E)None of these

(13)If you mix 20kg of type A wheat, which costs 0.60/kg, with 60kg of type B wheat, which costs
TK. 0.80/kg, what is the price of the resulting mixture?

(A)0.80 (B) 0.20 (C) 0.75 (D) 0.40 (E)None

of these

(14)Shuaib has 20 ounces of 20% salt solution. How much water should be evaporated to make
it a 30% solution?

(A)0.80 (B) 0.20 (C) 0.75 (D) 0.40 (E)None

of these

(15) Ibtesam has 20 ounces of a 20% of flavoured solution, How much salt should he add to
make it a 25% solution?

(A)10.3 (B) 50 (C) 1.33 (D) 5 (E)None of

these

(16)Sarah wants to make a 100ml of 5% alcohol solution mixing a quantity of a 2% alcohol

solution with a 7% alcohol solution. What are the quantities of each of the two solutions (2% and
7%) she has to use?

(A)20ml,80ml (B) 35ml,65ml (C) 60ml,40ml (D)

40ml,60ml (E)None of these

(17) 10 grams of sugar are added to a 40 g serving of a breakfast cereal that is 30% sugar. What
is the percent concentration of sugar in the resulting mixture?

A)44 (B) 55 (C) 25 (D) 66 (E)None of these

Counting and mixture

822.3 litres of water is added to 15 litres of a mixture of a 20% solution of alcohol in water.The
strength of alcohol is now: (অর্থা ২০% অ্যালকোহলযুক্ত পানির একটা দ্রবনের ১৫ লিটারের সাথে ৩
লিটার পানি যোগ করা হয়।অ্যালকোহলের পরিমাণ শতকরা কত দাঁড়াল?)