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Jai Ganesh · 2018-12-23 00:10:08

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#4307. Age of X is six times that of Y. After 4 years, X would be four times the age of Y. What is the present age of Y?

Jai Ganesh · 2018-12-24 00:02:29

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#4308. In a school, the ratio of boys and girls is 7:5. If there are 2400 students in the school, how many girls are there?

Jai Ganesh · 2018-12-25 00:12:22

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#4309. a/3 = b/4 = c/7. Find (a + b + c)/c.

Jai Ganesh · 2018-12-26 00:05:22

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#4310. A vessel contains milk and water in the ratio 4:3. If 14 liters of the mixture is drawn and filled with water, the ratio changes to 3:4. How much milk was there in the vessel initially?

Jai Ganesh · 2018-12-27 00:27:25

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#4311. The ages of K and J are in the ratio 5:8 respectively. After 8 years, the ratio of the ages will be 3:4. What is the difference in their ages?

Jai Ganesh · 2018-12-28 00:34:23

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#4312. Present age of A is 3 years less than present age of B. Ratio of B's age 5 years ago and A's age 4 years hence is 5:8. Find the present age in years of A.

Jai Ganesh · 2018-12-29 00:49:12

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#4313. Sum of present ages of P, Q, R, and S is 76 years. After 7 years, ratio of their ages is 7:6:5:8. What is R's present age?

Jai Ganesh · 2018-12-30 00:57:36

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#4314. A sum of $221 is divided among X, Y, and Z such that X gets $52 more than Y. Y gets $26 more than Z. Find the ratio of the shares of X, Y, and Z respectively.

Jai Ganesh · 2018-12-31 00:27:24

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#4315. The ratio of Gloria's and Sarah's present ages is 4:7 respectively. Two years ago, the ratio of their ages was 1:2 respectively. What will be Sarah's age three years hence?

Jai Ganesh · 2019-01-01 00:24:53

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#4316. Box A contains wheat worth $30 per kilogram and box B contains wheat worth $40 per kilogram. If both A and B are mixed in the ratio 4:7, then find the price of mixture per kilogram (approximately).

Jai Ganesh · 2019-01-02 00:24:04

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#4317. In one liter of alcohol and water, 30% is water. Find the amount of alcohol that must be added to the mixture, such that the part of water in the mixture becomes 12.5%

Jai Ganesh · 2019-01-03 00:57:25

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#4318. A mixture of milk and water in a jar contains 28 liters milk and 8 liters water. X liters milk and X liters water are mixed to form a mixture. If 40% of the new mixture is 20 liters, then find the value of X.

Jai Ganesh · 2019-01-04 00:34:52

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#4319. The ten's digit of a three digit is 3. If the digits of y are interchanged and the number thus formed is 396 more than the previous one, then the sum of unit's digit and hundred's digit is 14. What is the number?

Jai Ganesh · 2019-01-05 00:39:41

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#4320. The ratio of the number of boys and that of girls is 1:2 but when 2 boys and 2 girls left, the ratio became 1:3. How many people were at the party originally?

Jai Ganesh · 2019-01-06 00:49:13

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#4321. The respective ratio of the ages of father, mother, and daughter is 7:6:2. The difference of mother's and daughter's age is 24 years. What is the father's present age?

Jai Ganesh · 2019-01-07 00:38:48

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#4322. The ratio of the ages of A and B seven years ago was 3:4 respectively. The ratio of their ages nine years from now will be 7:8. What is B's age at present?

Jai Ganesh · 2019-01-08 00:33:42

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#4323. The ratio of the present ages of M and A is 3:2 respectively. After 8 years, the ratio of their ages will be 11:8. What will be the present age of M's son if his age is half of the present age of A?

Jai Ganesh · 2019-01-09 00:51:14

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#4324. 20 liters of a mixture contains milk and water in the ratio 5:3. If 4 liters of this mixture be replaced by 4 liters of milk, what would be the ratio of milk and water in the new mixture?

Jai Ganesh · 2019-01-10 00:47:46

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#4325. The respective ratio of Peter's present age and Robert's present age is 7:5. The sum of their ages 5 years from now will be 94. After how many years, Robert's age will be equal to Peter's present age?

Jai Ganesh · 2019-01-11 02:04:09

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#4326. Mike incurred a loss of 40 percent on selling an article for $5700. What was the cost price of the article?

Jai Ganesh · 2019-01-12 00:15:21

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#4327. A man sold an item for $7,500 and incurred a loss of 25%. At what price should he have sold the item to have gained a profit of 25%?

Jai Ganesh · 2019-01-13 01:14:32

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#4328. Sarah earned a profit of 30 percent on selling an article for $6110. What was the Cost Price of the article?

Jai Ganesh · 2019-01-14 00:21:42

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#4329. Stuart incurred a loss of 45 percent on selling an article for $3740. What was the Cost Price of the article?

Jai Ganesh · 2019-01-15 01:16:43

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#4330. Russel sold an item for $6384 and incurred a loss of 30%. At what price should he have sold the item to have gained a profit of 30%?

Jai Ganesh · 2019-01-16 01:15:02

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#4331. 21 articles were bought for $6531 and sold for $9954. What is the approximate profit percentage per article?

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