Alligation And Mixture

•What is Alligation ?

•What is Mixture ?

•What is Difference between Alligation and Mixture?

Mixture: Mixing of two or more than two type of
quantities gives us a mixture.

Example:

Quantities of these elements can be expressed as

percentage or ratio.(25% of sugar in water)

Fraction ( A solution of sugar and water such that sugar

: water = 1:3)
Alligation : Alligation is a rule which is used to
solve the problems related to mixture and its
ingredient.

It is the rule that enables us to find the ratio in which

two or more ingredients at the given price must be
mixed to produce a mixture of desired price.
Alligation Rule
When two elements are mixed to make a mixture and
one of the elements is cheaper and other one is
costlier then,
Diagram Representation

Cost Price of unit quantity of mixture is called Mean Price.

Examples

Q.1 In what proportion must sugar at Rs 40 per kg be

mixed with sugar at Rs 60 per kg so that the mixture
be Rs 55 per kg?

A. 1:3
B. 1:4
C. 1:5
D. None
Rule 2:
Removal and Replacement

If a vessel contains “x” liters of liquid A and if “y”

liters be withdrawn and replaced by liquid B, then if
“y” liters of the mixture be withdrawn and replaced
by liquid B, and the operation is repeated ‘n’ times in
all, then :
Example on Rule 2:

Q.3 A container is containing 80 liter of wine. 8 liter

of wine was taken out from this container and
replaced by water. This process was further repeated
two times. How much wine is there in the container
now?

A. 58.32 ltr
B. 57.89 ltr
C. 54.66 ltr
D. None
Rule 3:

p gram of ingredient solution has a% ingredient in it.

To increase the ingredient content to b% in the
solution
Example on Rule 3:

Q.4 125 liter of mixture of milk and water contains

25% of water. How much water must be added to it
to make water 30% in the new mixture?

A.8.92 ltr
B.6.76 ltr
C.7.89 ltr
D.5.67 ltr
Q.5 The cost of Type 1 rice is Rs. 15 per kg and Type 2
rice is Rs.20 per kg. If both Type 1 and Type 2 are mixed
in the ratio of 2 : 3, then the price per kg of the mixed
variety of rice is

A) Rs 19.5
B) Rs 18
C) Rs 19
D) Rs 18.5
Q6. In what ratio must a grocer mix two varieties of
pulses costing Rs. 15 and Rs. 20 per kg respectively
so as to get a mixture worth Rs. 16.50 kg?

A.7:3
B.4:5
C.6:4
D.None
Q7. A dishonest milkman professes to sell his milk at
cost price but he mixes it with water and thereby
gains 25%. The percentage of water in the mixture is:

A.20%
B.10%
C.11%
D.None
Q8. How many kilogram of sugar costing Rs. 9 per
kg must be mixed with 27 kg of sugar costing Rs. 7
per kg so that there may be a gain of 10% by selling
the mixture at Rs. 9.24 per kg?

A.63 KG
B.66 KG
C.67 KG
D.None
Q9. A merchant has 1000 kg of sugar, part of which
he sells at 8% profit and the rest at 18% profit. He
gains 14% on the whole. The quantity sold at 18%
profit is:

A.600 Kg
B.700 Kg
C.750 Kg
D.None
Q10. In what ratio must a grocer mix two varieties of
tea worth Rs. 60 a kg and Rs. 65 a kg so that by
selling the mixture at Rs. 68.20 a kg he may gain
10%?

A.3:2
B.3:5
C.3:6
D.None
Q.11 In what ratio must water be mixed with milk to gain
16 +(2/3) % on selling the mixture at cost price?

A. 1:6
B. 6:1
C. 4:3
D. 3:4
Q.12 The ratio of water and alcohol in two different
containers is 2:3 and 4:5. In what ratio we are required to
mix the mixtures of two containers in order to get the
new mixture in which the ratio of alcohol and water be
7:5?

A. 7:3
B. 5:3
C. 8:5
D. 7:4
Q.13) 8 litres are drawn from a cask full of wine and is
then filled with water. This operation is performed three
more times. The ratio of the quantity of wine now left in
cask to that of water is 16 : 65. How much wine did the
cask hold originally?

A.18 litres
B.24 litres
C.32 litres
D.42 litres
Q.14 Rice A of Rs40 per kg is mixed with rice B of
Rs10 per kg to give rice C of Rs20 per kg. If 50kg of
rice A is taken, what is the quantity of rice C

A.150
B.160
C.170
D.None