Cluster · Alligation and Mixture Problems

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Mixture Alligation and Weighted Average Price
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10 litres of petrol costing ₹105/litre is mixed with 15 litres of kerosene costing ₹25/litre. Find the price of the mixture.

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In what ratio must a grocer mix two varieties of tea worth Rs.120 per kg and Rs.130 per kg, so that by selling the mixture at Rs.136.40 per kg, he may gain 10%?

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32 kg of sugar costing Rs. 24 per kg is mixed with 24 kg of sugar costing Rs. 31 per kg. What is the cost of the mixture?

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In what proportion should a grocer mix wheat at ₹12 per kg and ₹25 per kg so as to make a mixture of worth ₹20 per kg?

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In what ratio can sugar costing ₹78 per kg be mixed with sugar costing ₹46 per kg such that selling the mixture at ₹75 per kg gives a gain of 20%?

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A salt and water mixture, of which 7.5% is salt, costs Rs.22.50 per litre. Another salt and water mixture, of which 17.5% is salt, costs Rs z per litre. If the cost of twelve litres of a salt and water mixture, of which 22.5% is salt, is Rs.450, find the value of z.

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If 15 kg of sugar cost ₹600, what is the cost of 25 kg of sugar?

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bihar_police intermediate

Two rice prices 75 Rs/kg and 95 Rs/kg are mixed in a ratio of 5 : 4. What will be the price (in Rs/kg) of the mixture?

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In what ratio must the grocer mix two types of pulses costing Rs.15/kg and  Rs. 20/kg respectively so as to get a mixture of pulses costing Rs. 16.50/kg?

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Find the ratio in which a grocer should mix two varieties of pulses costing Rs.75 and Rs.90 per kg, respectively, so as to get a mixture costing Rs.80 per kg.

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up_police intermediate

In what ratio does a grocer mix tea at Rs. 26 per kg and Rs. 32 per kg so that by selling the mixture at Rs. 30 per kg they may gain 10%?

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In what ratio must a grocer mix two varieties of pulses costing Rs. 75 and Rs. 100 per kg, respectively so as to get a mixture worth Rs. 86.5 per kg? (In kg)

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Champa buys type 1 sugar at ₹45 per kg. He mixes it with type 2 sugar having a price of ₹48 per kg. The final mixture becomes worth ₹46 per kg. What is the ratio of the quantities of type 1 sugar to type 2 sugar in the final mixture?

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In what ratio must a shopkeeper mix two types of rice worth ₹55 per kg and ₹70 per kg, so that the average cost of the mixture is ₹65 per kg?

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In what ratio should the rice costing 17 Rs/kg be mixed with the rice costing 15 Rs/kg to find a profit of 30% by selling the mixture at 24 Rs/kg?

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In what proportion should a grocer mix wheat at ₹12 per kg and ₹25 per kg so as to make a mixture of worth ₹20 per kg?

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42 litres of milk at ₹25 per litre is mixed with 28 litres of milk at ₹40 per litre. Find the average price of the mixture.

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10 litres of petrol costing ₹105/litre is mixed with 15 litres of kerosene costing ₹25/litre. Find the price of the mixture.

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up_police intermediate

One litre milk costs Rs 40. Water is mixed with milk and the mixture was sold at Rs 30 per litre. Find the ratio of water and milk in the mixture.

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Rice worth ₹35 per kilogram and ₹38 per kilogram are mixed with a third variety in the ratio 2 : 1 : 2. If the mixture is worth ₹42 per kilogram, the price of the third variety per kilogram is:

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A grocer blend has two varieties of sugar, one costing Rs 30 per kg and other Rs 35 per kg in the ratio 3 : 2. If he sells the mixture of sugar at Rs 40 per kg, then find his gain percent.

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5 kg of Rs.18 per kg wheat is mixed with 2 kg of another type of wheat to get a mixture costing Rs.20 per kg. Find the price (per kg) of the costlier wheat.

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A shop keeper purchased 15 kg of sugar and 20 kg of wheat at Rs. 50 and Rs. 75 per kg respectively. On selling them, he gained 10% on sugar and 20% on wheat. What was the total sale value?

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A shopkeeper mixes two types of wheat of prices Rs. 25/kg and Rs. 40/kg and sold the whole quantity at 20% profit at Rs. 36/kg. What was the ratio of the quantity of Rs. 40/kg mixture to Rs. 25/kg mixture?

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rpf intermediate

A shopkeeper bought 32 kg of variety 1 rice for Rs.45 per kg and also bought 40 kg of variety 2 rice for Rs.54 per kg. He mixed both varieties and sold them at a profit of x%. If the selling price of the mixture is Rs.56 per kg, then find the value of x?

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30 kgs of sugar of cost price 20 Rs. per kg & 20 kgs of sugar of cost price is Rs. x per kg are mixed and the mixture is sold at Rs. 43.20 per kg at a profit of 50%. What is the value of x?

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If the shopkeeper mixes both type of dal together and form a mixture and sold that mixture at Rs. 64 per kg, then what is the profit percent earned by the shopkeeper?

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banking intermediate

A local grocer mixed three qualities of coffee T1, T2 and T3 at ₹ 56 per kg, ₹ 64 per kg and ₹ 80 per kg in the ratio 1 : 2 : 4. To 4 kg of this mixture, he added p kg of T1 and 4p kg of T3. The final mixture so formed is sold for `87.60 per kg at 20% profit. Find the value of p.

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In what ratio should Apple costing Rs 50 per kg be mixed with Apple costing Rs 60 per kg, So that to earn 25% profit by selling the mixture at Rs 65 per kg?

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If 6 kg of rice costing Rs. 25/kg and 3 kg of sugar costing Rs. 40/kg are mixed together then, what is the average cost of the mixture per kg?

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Kartik purchased 3kg sugar and 4kg wheat flour for Rs. 120 and Disha purchased 1kg sugar and 6kg wheat flour for Rs.100. Find per kg price of wheat flour is what percent of per kg price of sugar?

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There are two types of potatoes type 'A' and type 'B'. Price of Type 'A' is Rs. 20 per kg and Price of Type 'B' is Rs. 25 per kg. If both types of potatoes are mixed in the ratio 3 : 2. Find the price of the mixed variety of potatoes per kg?

 

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One amount of wheat at Rs 9.30 per kg is mixed with another quality at a certain rate in ratio 8:7. If the mixture so formed be worth Rs 10 per kg, what is the rate per kg of the second quality of wheat?

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In what ratio must a grocer mix ghee which costs him at Rs. 500/kg with vegetable oil which costs him at Rs 120/kg so that on selling the mixture on Rs. 360/kg there is a profit of 20%?

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Naresh, a milkman has to add water in the milk. Find out the ratio in which water must be mixed with the milk which is of Rs 20 per litre so that he gets a mixture that he can sell for Rs15 per litre.

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15 gm of tea is mixed with 25 gm of coffee to form a mixture. 10 gm of this mixture is taken out and 20 gm of tea and ‘x’ gm of milk powder are added. Now, the ratio of tea to coffee to milk powder in the final mixture becomes 5 : 3 : 4. What is the value of ‘x’?

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How much chicory, costing Rs. 100/kg should be added to 40 kg of coffee costing Rs. 45/kg so that the mixture will be worth Rs. 60/kg?

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In what ratio can sugar costing ₹78 per kg be mixed with sugar costing ₹46 per kg such that selling the mixture at ₹75 per kg gives a gain of 20%?

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ib intermediate

A merchant bought two qualities of rice at the rate of Rs. 120/kg and Rs. 220/kg. In 72 kg of the second quality rice, how much rice (in kg) of the first quality should be mixed so that the resulting mixture may be sold at the rate of Rs. 280/kg to earn a profit of 40%?

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A man buys 10 kg of wheat at a rate of ₹26/kg. The wheat is mixed with 6 kg of other good quality of wheat to get a mixture at a price of ₹35/kg. The price of good quality wheat per kg (in ₹) is:

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10 litres of petrol costing ₹105/litre is mixed with 15 litres of kerosene costing ₹25/litre. Find the price of the mixture.

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In what ratio must a grocer mix two varieties of tea worth Rs.120 per kg and Rs.130 per kg, so that by selling the mixture at Rs.136.40 per kg, he may gain 10%?

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How much rice of ₹4 per kg should be mixed to 15 kg of rice of ₹10 per kg, so as to make a mixture worth ₹6.50 per kg?

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Rice worth ₹35 per kilogram and ₹38 per kilogram are mixed with a third variety in the ratio 2 : 1 : 2. If the mixture is worth ₹42 per kilogram, the price of the third variety per kilogram is:

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A seller combines 26 kg of rice priced at ₹20 per kg with 30 kg of rice priced at ₹36 per kg and sells the mixture for ₹30 per kg. What is the percentage of profit he makes?

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In a bag of rice of Rs. 70 per kg, two different types are mixed. First type of rice is 8 kg in quantity of Rs. 60 per kg, while the second type of rice is 4 kg in quantity. What is the price per kg of the second type of rice?

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In what proportion must tea worth ₹27 and ₹31 per kg be mixed so as to gain 25% by selling the mixture at ₹36 per kg?

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A shopkeeper bought 60 kg of rice at ₹ 42 per kg and mixed it with 120 kg of rice at ₹ 52 per kg. At what rate (₹ per kg) should he sell the mixture to gain 20%?

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42 litres of milk at ₹25 per litre is mixed with 28 litres of milk at ₹40 per litre. Find the average price of the mixture.

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A grocer mixes two varieties of wheat and sells the mixture at Rs. 28 per kg to earn a profit of 25%. If the cost price of the first variety is twice that of the second, and he has mixed them in the ratio 2 : 3, then find the price per kg of the cheaper variety.

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