Average Mixture Alligation

-Smarth Kalra
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1. Average age of students in classes A, B and C are 30 yrs, 25 yrs and 15 yrs, respectively.
Find the average age of the 3 classes if there are 19, 38 and 76 students respectively.

2. A grocer mixes 28kg of tea costing Rs 62 / kg with 12 kg of tea costing Rs 84 / kg. Find the average price.
1. Average age of students in classes A, B and C are 30 yrs, 25 yrs and 15 yrs, respectively.
Find the average age of the 3 classes if there are 19, 38 and 76 students respectively.

2. A grocer mixes 28kg of tea costing Rs 62 / kg with 12 kg of tea costing Rs 84 / kg. Find the average price.
Assumed Average
A grocer mixes 28kg of tea costing Rs 62 / kg with 12 kg of tea costing Rs 84 / kg. Find the
average price.
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1. There are 19 students in a class with each student having 18 chocolates. If a new student
having 58 chocolates joins in, What would be the new average?

2. Dhoni's Average in the first 23 innings is 56. If in the 24th inning, he scores 8 runs, What
would be his new average?

3. The average age of a team consisting 14 players and the coach is 32 years. If the coach is 60 year old,
what is the average age of the players?

4. The average marks scored by a set of 35 students is 65. If the student who scores 31 is removed from
this, the new average score would be?
1. There are 19 students in a class with each student having 18 chocolates. If a new student
having 58 chocolates joins in, What would be the new average?

2. Dhoni's Average in the first 23 innings is 56. If in the 24th inning, he scores 8 runs, What
would be his new average?

3. The average age of a team consisting 14 players and the coach is 32 years. If the coach is 60 year old,
what is the average age of the players?

4. The average marks scored by a set of 35 students is 65. If the student who scores 31 is removed from
this, the new average score would be?
1. There are 19 students in a class with each student having 18 chocolates. If a new student
having 58 chocolates joins in, What would be the new average?

2. Dhoni's Average in the first 23 innings is 56. If in the 24th inning, he scores 8 runs, What
would be his new average?

3. The average age of a team consisting 14 players and the coach is 32 years. If the coach is 60 year old,
what is the average age of the players?

4. The average marks scored by a set of 35 students is 65. If the student who scores 31 is removed from
this, the new average score would be?
1. There are 19 students in a class with each student having 18 chocolates. If a new student
having 58 chocolates joins in, What would be the new average?

2. Dhoni's Average in the first 23 innings is 56. If in the 24th inning, he scores 8 runs, What
would be his new average?

3. The average age of a team consisting 14 players and the coach is 32 years. If the coach is 60 year old,
what is the average age of the players?

4. The average marks scored by a set of 35 students is 65. If the student who scores 31 is removed from
this, the new average score would be?
Weighted Average
4 litres of oil costing Rs 30 per litres,
3 litres of oil costing Rs 40 per litres, and
5 litres of oil Rs 45 per litres are mixed. Find the average price of the mixture.
Mixtures
4 litres of 30% wine solution,
3 litres of 40 % wine solution, and
5 litres of 45% wine solution, are mixed.
Find the average concentration of wine in the mixture.
Alligation
1. A certain quantity of rice costing Rs 6/kg is mixed with another variety costing Rs8/kg so that the resulting mixture
costs Rs7.20/kg. In what ratio were they mixed?

2. In what ratio should you mix two varieties of sugar, one costing Rs. 12 per kg and the other costing Rs. 20 per kg,
so as get a mixture at an average price of Rs. 15 per kg?

3. Two jars contain acid at 74% and 44% concentration respectively. If 20 litres are drawn from the 1st jar, how many
litres from the 2nd jar should be added so that the concentration of the resultant is 50% ?

4. Two companies with average ages of their workforces being 31 and 39 years are merged. The average age of the
resultant workforce is 36 years. Find the ratio of sizes of the original workforces of the companies.

5. A vessel contains 30 litres of 60% nitric acid. How much water should be added so that the concentration becomes
40%?

6. A man purchased a T.V. set and a washing machine for a total of Rs75,000 and made an overall gain of 30% on
selling both. If the profits on selling the T.V. set and the washing machine are 20% and 45% respectively, find the
cost price of the washing machine.

7. In a zoo, there are some rabbits some peacocks. The total number of heads is 78 and the total number of legs is
240. find the number of rabbits.
1. A certain quantity of rice costing Rs 6/kg is mixed with another variety costing Rs8/kg so that the resulting mixture
costs Rs7.20/kg. In what ratio were they mixed?

2. In what ratio should you mix two varieties of sugar, one costing Rs. 12 per kg and the other costing Rs. 20 per kg,
so as get a mixture at an average price of Rs. 15 per kg?

3. Two jars contain acid at 74% and 44% concentration respectively. If 20 litres are drawn from the 1st jar, how many
litres from the 2nd jar should be added so that the concentration of the resultant is 50% ?
4. Two companies with average ages of their workforces being 31 and 39 years are merged. The average age of the
resultant workforce is 36 years. Find the ratio of sizes of the original workforces of the companies.

5. A vessel contains 30 litres of 60% nitric acid. How much water should be added so that the concentration becomes
40%?

6. A man purchased a T.V. set and a washing machine for a total of Rs75,000 and made an overall gain of 30% on
selling both. If the profits on selling the T.V. set and the washing machine are 20% and 45% respectively, find the
cost price of the washing machine.

7. In a zoo, there are some rabbits some peacocks. The total number of heads is 78 and the total number of legs is
240. find the number of rabbits.
A man purchased a T.V. set and a washing machine for a total of Rs75,000 and made an overall
gain of 30% on selling both. If the profits on selling the T.V. set and the washing machine are
20% and 45% respectively, find the cost price of the washing machine.
In a zoo, there are some rabbits some peacocks. The total number of heads is 78 and the
total number of legs is 240. find the number of rabbits.
1. In an organization, there are 60 executives and some managers. The average salary of all the
employees is Rs 15000. the average salary of the executives and the managers are Rs 9000 and
Rs45,000 respectively, find the number of managers.

2. 310 chocolates were distributed among 100 children such that each boy gets 2 chocolates each
and each girl gets 4 chocolates each. Find the number of boys and girls.

3. A test consists of 50 questions. Each correct answer fetches 1 mark and for each wrong answer ½
mark is deducted. A candidate who wrote this test attempted all the questions and scored 41 marks.
Find the number of questions he answered correctly?

4. A man lent a total of Rs 60,000 at simple interest to two persons P and Q at 12% p.a. and 9% p.a.,
respectively for two years. If he received a total interest of Rs13,200, find the sum lent at 9% p.a.
Successive Replacement
1000 Litres contains 800 Litres Alcohol and remaining water
10% of the content is replaced with water, then 20% of the content is replaced with
water and then 30% of the content is replaced with water. Find the quantity of Alcohol
in the final solution.
A vessel contains mixture of milk and water mixed in the ratio of 21 : 17 respectively.
304 liters of the mixture is taken out of the vessel and is replaced with 183 liters of
milk, such that the ratio of the milk to water in the vessel becomes 11 : 6. What was
the initial quantity of water in the vessel?