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Mixtures and Alligation Ratio Problems
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From a cask filled with wine, 108.75 litres are first drawn and replaced with water. From this mixture, 87 litres are drawn and replaced with water. The ratio of wine to water in the cask is now 3 : 2. How many litres of wine did the cask initially hold?

pipeline-1269673
railways intermediate

3L of milk are drawn from a container containing 30L of milk. It is replaced by water and the process is repeated 2 times more. What is the ratio of milk to water at the end ?

pipeline-1267406
railways intermediate

A bottle contains spirit and water in the ratio 1 : 4 and another identical bottle contains spirit and water in the ratio 4 : 1. In what ratio should the mixtures in the two bottles be mixed to get a new mixture in which the ratio of spirit to water is 1:3?

pipeline-1269551
railways intermediate

80 litres of a mixture of spirit and water in the ratio 7 : 9 is present in a container A. 20 litres of the mixture is transferred to another container B. Then the container A is filled with 20 litres of water. Then 32 litres of the mixture is again transferred to container B. The ratio of water to spirit of the mixture in container B is equal to:

pipeline-1029852
railways intermediate

A container contains a mixture of milk and water in the ratio 4 : 3. When 7 liters of the mixture are taken out and 7 liters of water are added to it, the ratio becomes 3 : 4. How many liters of milk were contained originally in the container?

pipeline-826858
railways intermediate

A mixture contains alcohol and water in the ratio 4 : 3. If 12 liters of water is added to the mixture, the ratio becomes 4 : 5. Find the quantity of alcohol in the given mixture.

pipeline-1202067
ssc intermediate
Find the percentage concentration of wine in the wine-water solution having the ratio of 7 : 1 respectively.
pipeline-1043275
ssc percentage intermediate

In 90 litres of a mixture of milk and water, the ratio of milk and water is 4 : 1. How much water should be added in the mixture so that the ratio of milk to water becomes 3 : 1 ?

pipeline-1067069
ssc intermediate

A 558 litre of mixture contains milk and water in the ratio 15:16. How much milk must be added to the mixture so that it contains milk and water in the proportion of 3:2?

pipeline-1193423
ssc intermediate

There is a 32 l mixture of milk and water. The ratio of milk and water in this mixture is 5 : 3. How many liters of water should be added to this mixture so that the resultant mixture has 50% water in it?

pipeline-1154279
ssc intermediate

A bucket contains liquid A and B in the ratio 17:18. 140 litres of the mixture is taken out and filled with 140 litres of B. Now the ratio changes to 7:8. Find the quantity of liquid B initially. (In litres)

pipeline-1138925
ssc intermediate

A mixture contains milk and water in a ratio of 9: 5. When 6 liters of water is added to this mixture, the ratio of milk and water becomes 9: 7. Find the quantity of milk in the mixture.

pipeline-1130448
ssc intermediate

A mixture contains milk and water in the ratio 5: 2. If 4 liters of water is added to the mixture, the ratio becomes 5: 4. What is the quantity of milk in the given mixture?

pipeline-1130456
ssc intermediate

In a solution of water and milk, the quantity of milk is double the quantity of water. To pass the quality standards, the solution must contain 90% milk in it. If the volume of solution is v, then how much pure milk in litre is to be added to the solution to pass the quality standard?

pipeline-1080438
ssc intermediate

Two buckets are filled with milk and water in the ratios of 4:1 and 7:2. If these mixtures are mixed in the ratio of 1:5, respectively, then the resulting mixture will have water and milk in the ratio of:

pipeline-1069802
ssc intermediate

A bottle is filled with liquid of which 4 parts are water and 5 parts are fruit extract. How much of the mixture must be drawn off and replaced with water so that the mixture may by half water and half fruit extract?

pipeline-1068743
ssc intermediate

If 60 litres of a milk solution has 40% milk in it, then how much milk should be added to make the milk 60% in the solution?

pipeline-1066445
ssc intermediate

385 ml of a chemical solution containing chemicals A and B in the ratio 4 : 3 is added to 1040 ml of another solution which contains chemicals A and B in the ratio 7 : 6. What is the ratio of chemical A and B in the final solution mixture?

pipeline-1038525
ssc intermediate

Unit 1 contains milk and water in the ratio of 5 : 3 and unit 2 contains milk and water in the ratio 2 : 7. In what ratio units 1 and 2 be mixed such that the resulting ratio of milk and water will be 1 : 1?

pipeline-1068586
ssc intermediate

385 ml of a chemical solution containing chemicals A and B in the ratio 4 : 3 is added to 1040 ml of another solution which contains chemicals A and B in the ratio 7 : 6. What is the ratio of chemical A and B in the final solution mixture?

pipeline-1054129
ssc intermediate

A 12 litre solution of acid and water contains 30% acid. How much water (in litres) must be added to get a solution having 20% acid?

pipeline-1047747
ssc intermediate
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