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A container contains milk and water in the ratio 5:3. after boiling the mixture 1.2 liters of water evaporated and the concentration of milk became 75%. find the original volume of the milk in the container if no amount of milk evaporated.   

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Q1. a milkman had 60 litres  pure milk. he sold 6 litres pure milk to anand and mixed 6 litres water. he then sold 6 litres of the mixture to bhima and mixed 6 litres water. again he sold 6 litres mixture to sima and added more 6 litres water. now he sold 6 litre of the mixture to rita and mixed  the same amount of water. 

find the difference between quantity of pure milk received by sima and that by rita. 

Q2. If milk man sold the  mixed milk at the rate of the cost price, then find the profit percentage earned from sima. 

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a drunk man has three full glasses of mixture of wine and water in the ratio 1:4, 3:5, 1:3 in equal volume. he mixed all three mixtures into a bottle. what part of one glass should he mix pure wine into the bottle so that the percentage of wine in the bottle becomes 40%? 

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singham, anand sanjay and mahindra have mixtures of two varieties of rice basmati and pusa in ratio 3:5, 5:7, 2:1, and 3:1 respectively. grocer x bought one quintal from singham and two quintal from anand and mixed it. grocer y bought three quintal from sanjay and 4 quintals from mahindra and mixed it. in what ratio binita should buy rice from grocer x and grocer y such that the ratio of basmati and pusa becomes 5:3? 

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a 600 ml mixture of spirit and water contains 40% spirit. what quantity of the mixture of spirit and water should be replaced with 25% spirit concentrate so that the resultant solution contains 30% spirit concentrate? 

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In a mixture 60 litres, the ratio of milk and water 2 : 1. If this ratio is to be 1 : 2, then the quantity of water to be further added is:

  1. 20 litres
  2. 30 litres
  3. 40 litres
  4. 60 litres
Neraj (TG) 03/08/2024 6:58 pm

@neha-singh 

The correct answer is 60 l

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Seats for Mathematics, Physics and Biology in a school are in the ratio 5 : 7 : 8. There is a proposal to increase these seats by 40%, 50% and 75% respectively. What will be the ratio of increased seats?

  1. 2 : 3 : 4
  2. 6 : 7 : 8
  3. 6 : 8 : 9
  4. None of these
Neraj (TG) 03/08/2024 6:55 pm
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There are two containers A and B such that the volume of A is 100% more than the volume of B. Container A is fully filled with a petrol-kerosene solution such that it contains petrol and kerosene in the ratio of 4:1.If the larger container has 150% more quantity of petrol as compared to the other container, what is the maximum ratio of kerosene to petrol in container B?

  1. 5:12
  2. 12:5
  3. 9:16
  4. 16:9
Neraj (TG) 03/08/2024 6:52 pm
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