Arun Sharma Solutions for Exercise 1: Level of Difficulty

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Arun Sharma Quantitative Aptitude Solutions for Exercise - Arun Sharma Solutions for Exercise 1: Level of Difficulty

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Questions from Arun Sharma Solutions for Exercise 1: Level of Difficulty with Hints & Solutions

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Raman steals four gallons of liquid soap kept in a train compartment's bathroom from a container that is full of liquid soap. He then fills it with water to avoid detection. Unable to resist the temptation he steals 4 gallons of the mixture again, and fills it with water. When the liquid soap is checked at a station it is found that the ratio of the liquid soap now left in the container to that of the water in it is 36: 13. What was the initial amount of the liquid soap in the container if it is known that the liquid soap is neither used nor augmented by anybody else during the entire period?

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Two vessels contain a mixture of spirit and water. In the first vessel the ratio of spirit to water is 8: 3 and in the second vessel the ratio is 5: 1. A 35 litre cask is filled from these vessels so as to contain a mixture of spirit and water in the ratio of 4: 1 . How many liters are taken from the first vessel?

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There are two mixtures of milk and water, the quantity of milk in them being 20% and 80% of the mixture. If 2 liters of the first are mixed with three liters of the second, what will be the ratio of milk to water in the new mixture?

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There are two kinds of alloys of silver and copper.The first alloy contains silver and copper such that 93.33% of it is silver. In the second alloy there is 86.66% silver. What weight of the first alloy should be mixed with the some weight of the second alloy as to make a 100 kg mass containing 90% of silver?

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Two buckets of equal capacity are full of a mixture of milk and water. In the first, the ratio of milk to water is 1: 7 and in the second it is 3: 8. Now both the mixtures are mixed in a bigger container. What is the resulting ratio of milk to water?

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A milkman stole milk from a can that contained 50% of milk and he replaced what he had stolen with milk having 20% milk. The bottle then contained only 25% milk. How much of the bottle did he steal?

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Shruti possessing 10000, lent a part of it at 5% simple interest and the remaining at 20% simple interest. Her total income after five years was 7500. Find the sum lent at 20% rate.

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Sharman decides to travel 100 km in 8 hours partly by foot and partly on a bicycle, his speed on foot being 10 km/hr. and that on bicycle being 20 km/hr., what distance would he travel by foot?