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The monthly salaries of two persons are in the ratio of 1:7. If each receives an increase of ₹2500 in the salary, the ratio is altered to 4:13. Find their respective salaries.

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Important Questions on Ratio, Proportion and Variation

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How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 11 - Ratio, Proportion and Variation>Level of Difficulty>Q 55
The ratio of boys to girls in a class is 5:3. The class has 16 more boys than girls. How many girls are there in the class?
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How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 11 - Ratio, Proportion and Variation>Level of Difficulty>Q 56
X, Y and Z play cricket. X's runs are to Y's runs and Y's runs are to Z's runs as 3:2. They score a total of 342 runs. How many runs did Z make?
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How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 11 - Ratio, Proportion and Variation>Level of Difficulty>Q 57
In a school, 5% of the number of girls is equal to 110 of the number of boys. Find the ratio between the number of boys to the number of girls. 
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How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 11 - Ratio, Proportion and Variation>Level of Difficulty>Q 58
2 men and 4 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days, while 4 men and 5 boys can do it in 6 days. Men and boys are paid wages according to their output. If the daily wage of a man is ₹40, then find the daily wage of a boy.
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How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 11 - Ratio, Proportion and Variation>Level of Difficulty>Q 59
The ratio of the economy and business class fares between two airports is 4:1 and that of the number of passengers travelling by economy and business classes is 1:40. If on a day ₹1100 are collected as total fare, find the amount collected from the business class passengers.
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How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 11 - Ratio, Proportion and Variation>Level of Difficulty>Q 60
In an innings of a cricket match, three players X, Y and Z scored a total of 580 runs. If the ratio of the number of runs scored by X to that scored by Y was 3:2 and the number of runs scored by Y to that scored by Z was 5:2, find the number of runs scored by X?
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How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 11 - Ratio, Proportion and Variation>Level of Difficulty>Q 1
If the work done by p men in (p+2) days is to the work done by (p+4) men in (p-1) days is in the ratio 1:1, then find the value of p.
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How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 11 - Ratio, Proportion and Variation>Level of Difficulty>Q 2
The duration of a railway journey varies as the distance and inversely as the velocity, while the velocity varies directly as the square root of the quantity of coal used, and inversely as the number of carriages in the train. In a journey of 50 km in half an hour with 18 carriages, 100 kg of coal is required. How much coal will be consumed in a journey of 42 km in 28 minutes with 16 carriages?