Mixture and Allegations-Test 2

A solution of sugar syrup has 15% sugar. Another solution has 5% sugar. How many
liters of the second solution must be added to 20 L of the first solution to make a
solution of 20% sugar.

A person has a chemical of Rs. 25 per liter. In what ratio should water be mixed in that
chemical, so that after selling the mixture at Rs. 20 per litre he may get a profit of 25%?

Three containers X, Y and Z are having mixtures of milk and water in the ratio 1 : 5
, 3 : 5 and 5 : 7 resp. If the capacities of the containers are in the ratio 5 : 4 : 5, then find the ratio of the milk to the water, if the mixtures of all the three containers are
mixed together.

How many kg of sugar costing Rs. 5.75 per kg should be mixed with 75 kg of cheaper
sugar costing Rs. 4.50 per kg so that the mixture is worth Rs. 5.50 per kg ?

One test tube contains some acid and another test tube contains an equal quantity
of water. To prepare a solution, 20 g of the acid is poured into the second test tube.
Then, two-thirds of the so formed solution is poured from the second test tube into the
first. If the fluid in the first test tube is four times that in second, what quantity of water
was taken initially.

A shopkeeper sells two types of books national books and international books .He
sells national books at Rs. 18 / book and incurs at loss of 10% whereas on selling the
international books at Rs. 30 / book ,he gains 20 % .Find the ratio of the national
and international books such that he can
gain a profit of 25% by selling the
combined books at 27.5/ book ?

One test tube contains some acid and another test tube contains an equal quantity
of water .To prepare a solution , 20 g of the acid is poured into the second test tube
.Then , two –third of the so- formed solution is poured from the second tube
into the first .If the fluid in the first test tube is four times that in the second ,what
quantity of water was taken initially ?

Two brands of detergents are to be combined . Detergent A contains 40 %
bleach and 60 % soap . While detergent B contains 25 % bleach and 75% soap . If
the combined mixture is to be 35 % bleach .What % of the final mixture should be
detergent A?

A thief has stolen 15 L of beer from a container and replaced with the same
quantity of water .He again repeated this process 3 times .Thus the ratio of the beer
become 343 :169 .Find the initial amount of beer in the container .

A tank which contains a mixture of syrup and water in ratio 15:6. 25.5 liters of
mixture is taken out from the tank and 2.5 liters of pure water and 5 liters of syrup is
added to the mixture. If resultant mixture contains 25% water, what was the initial
quantity of mixture in the tank before the replacement in liters?

Ram covered a distance of 200 km in 10 hrs . The first part of his journey is covered
by auto ,then he hired a car .The speed of the auto and car is 15 km/hr and 30 km /hr
resp. Find the ratio of distance covered by auto and car .

9 L are drawn from a cask full of water and it is then filled with milk , 9 L of
mixture are drawn and the cask is again filled with milk .The quantity of water now
left in the cask to that of the milk in it is 16: 9 .How much does the cask hold ?

If 2 kg metal , of which (1/3) is zinc and the rest is copper , be mixed with 3 kg of
metal , of which (1/4) is zinc and the rest is copper . What is the ratio of zinc to copper
in the mixture ?

Vessels A and B contain mixtures of milk and water in the ratios 4 : 5 and 5 : 1 resp
.In what ratio should quantities of mixture be taken from A and B to form a mixture in which milk to water is in the ratio 5 : 4 ?

Two barrels contain a mixture of ethanol and gasoline is 60% in the first barrel and
30% in the second barrel .In what ratio must the mixtures from the first and the
second barrels be taken to form a mixture containing 50% alcohol ?

A mixture of a certain quantity of milk with 15 ltr of water is sold at 100 paisa per ltr. If
pure milk be worth Rs 1.15 ltr, then how
much milk is there in the mixture?

In a mixture of 75ltr the ratio of milk to water is 2 : 1. The amount of water to be
further added to the mixture so as to make the ratio of milk to water 1 : 2 will be?

A container contained 60ltr milk. Out of this 6ltr of milk was taken out and replaced
with water. This process was further repeated two times. How much milk is now
in container?

In an alloy zinc & copper are in the ratio of 1 :1. In the second alloy the same element
are in the ratio 3 : 5. If these two alloys be mixed to form a new alloy in which two
elements are in the ratio 2 : 3, find the ratio of these two alloys in the new alloy?

In a class of 20 students the average of their marks is 59. If one student left the class then average become 60. Find the marks of that student?

If the sum of 5 consecutive odd number is 265. Then the largest number would be?

In a bag there are three types of coins, 1rupee, 50paisa, 25paisa in the ratio of
5:10:16. The total value is Rs 700. The total number of coins is?

A can contain a mixture of two liquids P & Q in proportion 3 :5. When 8ltr of mixture are drawn off and the can is filled with Q, the proportion of P & Q becomes 3:7. How
many ltr of liquid P was contained in the can initially?

300 ltr of mixture contains 20% water in it and rest is milk. The amount of milk that
must be added so that the resulting mixture contains 90% milk is?

8kg of tea consisting Rs240 per kg is mixed with 9kg of tea costing Rs25o per kg. The
average price per kg of the mixed tea is ?