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A vessel contains 60 litre of milk. 12 litres of milk taken out from it and replaced with water. Then again from mixture, 12 litres is taken out and replaced with water. The ratio of milk and water in the resultant mixture is ?

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40 litres of a mixture of milk and water contains 10% of water, the water to be added, to make the water content 20% in the new mixture. Find how many litres water will be added ?

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In 2 kg mixture of copper and aluminium, 30% is copper. How much aluminium powder should be added to the mixture so that the quantity of copper becomes 20% ?

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A sugar solution of 3 litres contain 60% sugar. One litre of water is added to this solution. Then the percentage of sugar in the new solution is :-

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Two types of tea costing Rs. 180/kg and Rs. 280/kg. In what ratio should these be mixed so that obtained mixture sold at Rs. 320/kg to earn a profit of 20% is ?

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A barrel contains a mixture of wine and water in the ratio 3 : 1. How much fraction of the mixture must be drawn off and substituted by water so that the ratio of wine and water in the resultant mixture in the barrel becomes 1 : 1 ?

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A and B are two alloys of gold and copper prepared by mixing metals in the ratio 5 : 3 and 5 : 11 respectively. Equal quantities of these alloys are melted to form a third alloys C. The ratio of gold and copper in the alloy C is -

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Two blends of a commodity costing Rs. 35 and Rs. 40 per kg respectively are mixed in the ratio 2 : 3 by weight. If one-fifth of the mixture is sold at Rs. 46 per kg and the remaining at the rate Rs. 55 per kg, the profit percent is -

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12500 students appeared in an exam. 50% of the boys and 70% of the girls cleared the examination. If the total percent of student qualifying is 60% , how many girls appeared in the exam ?

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60 kg of an alloy A is mixed with 100 kg of alloy B. If alloy A has lead and tin in the ratio 3 : 2 and alloy B has tin and copper in the ratio 1 : 4, the amount of tin in the new alloy is -

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In 80 litres mixture of milk and water the ratio of amount of milk to that of amount of water is 7 : 3. In order to make this ratio 2 : 1, how many litres of water should be added ?

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300 kg of sugar solution has 40% sugar in it. How much sugar should be added to make it 50% in the solution ?

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The milk and water in a mixture are in the ratio 7 : 5. When 15 litres of water are added to it. The ratio of milk and water in the new mixture becomes 7 : 8. The total quantity of water in the new mixture is -

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A gold smith has two qualities of gold, one of 12 carats and another of 16 carats purity. In what proportion should he mix both to make an ornament of 15 carats purity ?

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7 kg of tea costing Rs. 280 per kg is mixed with 9 kg of tea costing Rs. 240 per kg. The average price per kg of the mixed tea is ?

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A mixture of a certain quantity of milk with 16 litres of water is worth 90 paise per litre. If pure milk be worth Rs. 1.80 per litre. How much milk is there in the mixture ?

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Nikita bought 30 kg of wheat at the rate of Rs. 9.50 per kg and 40 kg of wheat at the rate of Rs. 8.50 per kg and mixed them. She sold the mixture at the rate of Rs. 8.90 per kg. Her total profit or loss in the transaction was -

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Three vessels whose capacities are in the ratio of 3 : 2 : 1 are completely filled with milk mixed with water. The ratio of milk and water in the mixture of vessels are 5 : 2, 4 : 1 and 4 : 1 respectively. Taking of first, of second and of third mixture, a new mixture kept in a new vessel is prepared. The percentage of water in the new mixture is -

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In an alloy, zinc and copper are in the ratio 1 : 2. In the second alloy, the same elements are in the ratio 2 : 3. If these two alloys be mixed to form a new alloy in which two elements are in the ratio 5 : 8, the ratio of these two alloys in the new alloys is -

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A mixture contains alcohol and water in the ratio 4 : 3. If 5 litres of water is added to the mixture, the ratio becomes 4 : 5. The quantity of alcohol in the given mixture is -

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