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A mixture has milk and water in the ratio (by volume) of $8 : 3$ . If $3 litres$ of water is added to it, then the new ratio of milk and water becomes $2 : 1$ . What are the quantities of milk and water respectively in the mixture initially?

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Important Questions on Ratio and Proportion

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The sum of three numbers is

777

. The ratio between the first two numbers is

7 : 9

and the ratio between the second and third number is

3 : 7

. The second number is_____.

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Divide

₹ 8, 288

between

A

B

and

C

such that the proportion of their shares is

5 : 7 : 9

. The share of

C

is:

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A sum is divided among

A, B, C

and

D

such that the ratio of the shares of

A

and

B

2 : 3

, that of

B

and

C

1 : 2

and that of

C

and

D

3 : 4

. If the difference between the shares of

A

and

D

₹ 648

, then the sum of their shares is:

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What is the ratio of mean proportional between

1.8

and

3.2

and the third proportional of

5

and

3

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Mr. Kamal buys 36 bananas for Rs. 20.52. How much money will be paid by him to buy 110 bananas?

(A) Rs. 62.60

(B) Rs. 62.90

(D) Rs. 62.70

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A, B and C are partners. They share profits in the ratio of

5 : 3 : 6

. If A earns

₹ 1, 92, 380

as his share of profit, then the share profit of C is:

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A car consumes

5.4 litres

of petrol to cover

60.48 km

, how many kilometres be covered with

22 litres

of petrol?

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What is the sum of the mean proportional between

10.8

and

4.8

and the third proportional of

2

and

4

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(5 x + 2 y) ∶ (10 x + 3 y) = 5 : 9

, then

(2 x^{2} + 3 y^{2}) : (4 x^{2} + 9 y^{2}) = ?

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In a school,

\frac{5}{12}

of the number of students are girls and the rest are boys.

\frac{4}{7}

of the number of boys are below

14

years of age, and

\frac{2}{5}

of the number of girls are

14

years or above

14

years of age. If the number of students below

14

years of age is

1120

, then the total number of students in the school is _____.

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A sum of

₹ x

is divided among

A

B

,and

C

such that the ratio of the shares of

A

and

B

6 : 7

and that of

B

and

C

3 : 2

. If the difference between the shares of

A

and

C

₹ 540

, then the value of

x

is;

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What is that number, which is when added to

7, 16, 43, 79

these numbers become proportional?

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Alloy

A

contains copper and zinc in the ratio of

4 : 3

and alloy

B

contains copper and zinc in the ratio of

5 : 2

A

and

B

are taken in the ratio of

5 : 6

and melted to form a new alloy. The percentage of zinc on the new alloy is close to:

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(5 x + 2 y) : (10 x + 3 y) = 5 : 9

, then

(2 x^{2} + 3 y^{2}) : (4 x^{2} + 9 y^{2}) = ?

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What is the ratio of mean proportional between

3.6

and

12.1

and third proportional between

2

and

11

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When the price of sugar increased by

28 %

, a family reduced its consumption per month such that the expenditure on sugar was only

12 %

more than the earlier one. If the family consumed

18.4 kg

of sugar per month earlier, then what is its new consumption of sugar per month?

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x

is subtracted from each of the numbers

20

37

54

and

105

, then the numbers so obtained in this order are in proportion. What is the mean proportional between

(7 x - 5)

and

(x + 1)

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Two numbers are in the ratio

3 : 5

. If

13

is subtracted from each, the new numbers are in the ratio

10 : 21

. If

15

is added to each of the original number, then the ratio becomes:

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A person carries $₹ 165$ in the form of currency notes of $₹ 5$ , $₹ 10$ and $₹ 20$ in the ratio of $3 : 2 : 1$ . What is the value of currency notes of $₹ 20$ denomination?

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Rs.

730

were divided among

A

B

and

C

in such a way that if

A

gets Rs.

3

, then

B

gets Rs.

4

and if

B

gets Rs.

3.50

, then

C

gets Rs.

3

. The share of

B

exceeds that of

C

by:

A mixture has milk and water in the ratio (by volume) of 8 : 3. If 3 litres of water is added to it, then the new ratio of milk and water becomes 2 : 1. What are the quantities of milk and water respectively in the mixture initially?

Important Questions on Ratio and Proportion

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A mixture has milk and water in the ratio (by volume) of $8 : 3$ . If $3 litres$ of water is added to it, then the new ratio of milk and water becomes $2 : 1$ . What are the quantities of milk and water respectively in the mixture initially?