Mixtures and Alligations
Mixtures and Alligations: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as Alligations, Mixtures, Mixture and Alligation, Straight Line Approach for Alligation & Graphical Representation of Alligation etc.
Important Questions on Mixtures and Alligations
The cost of of sugar is of tea is and litre of milk is what will be the cost of of sugar, of tea and litre of milk

The milk and water in two vessels A and B are in the ratio and respectively. In what ratio, the liquids in both the vessels be mixed to obtain a new mixture in vessel C containing half milk and half water?

Litters of a mixture contain milk and water in the ratio of . How much more water is to be added to get a mixture containing milk and water in the ratio of ?

In an alloy, the ratio of copper and zinc is . If of zinc is mixed in of alloy, then the ratio of copper and zinc will be _____.

From a container having pure milk, is replaced by water. This process was repeated thrice. At the time of the third operation, the milk that remained in the container is:

In a mixture of litres, the ratio of milk and water is . How many litres of water must be added to make the ratio

In what ratio must a grocer mix two varieties of pulses costing and respectively to obtain a mixture worth ?

What quantity of water should be added to of solution of salt, so that it becomes salt solution?

There were two different iron alloys of total weight . The first contains less iron than the second. Determine the percentage of iron in the first alloys, if it is known that there were of iron in the first alloy and in the second ?

In what ratio must a grocer mix two varieties of pulses costing and Rs. 20 per kg respectively so as to get a mixture worth Rs. 16.50 kg

In what proportion may three kinds of wheat bought at Rs. , Rs. and Rs. be mixed to produce a mixture. Which would earn on selling it at Rs. . ?

In what ratio must hydrochloric acid be mixed with hydrochloric acid to get a mixture of hydrochloric acid ?

How much water should be added to of milk at so as to have a mixture worth ?

After of water was evaporated from a solution of salt and water which had salt, the remaining solution had salt. The quantity of the salt is -

In an alloy of brass, the ratio of copper to zinc is . If of zinc be added in of such a quality of brass, then the new ratio of copper to zinc is

are drawn from a cask full of wine and it is then filled with water. of mixture are again drawn and the cask is again filled with water. The ratio of wine to water is . How much wine was originally present?

The proportion of acid and water in Samples is . A mixture containing equal quantities of all Samples is made.The ratio of acid and water in the mixture is ?

One type of liquid contains of milk, the other contains of milk. A container is filled with parts of the first liquid and parts of the second liquid. The percentage of milk in the mixture is _____

By mixing two qualities of pulses in the ratio and selling the mixture at the rate of , a shopkeeper makes a profit of . If the cost of the smaller quantity is , the cost of the larger quantity is :

In what ratio must a rice at the rate of per be mix with another rice at the rate of per . So, that the price of the mixture be per ?
