Mixtures and solutions - practice problems
Number of problems found: 266
- Dual profit
A merchant has 1000 kg of sugar, part of which he sells at 8% profit and the rest 18%. He gains 14% on the whole. Find the quantity of 8% profit. - Dilution
How many liters of water will have to be added to 1125 liters of the 45% solution of acid so that the resulting mixture will contain more than 25% but less than 30% acid content? - Drying fruit
Fresh fruit contains 68% water and dry fruit contains 20% water. How much dry fruit can be obtained from 100 kg of fresh fruits? - Petrol and kerosene
What will be the ratio of petrol and kerosene in the final solution formed by mixing petrol and kerosene that are present in three vessels in the ratio 4:1, 5:2, and 6:1, respectively?
- Impurity - glycerine
A sample of 50 L of glycerine is found to be adulterated to the extent of 20%. Find how much pure glycerine should be added to reduce impurity percentagerity to 5%. - Milk with water 2
If 50 liters of a mixture contains milk and water in a ratio of 3:2, how much milk must be added to the mixture to have milk and water in a ratio of 9:4? - A solution 2 To a solution of 30 litres containing 90% alcohol, how much water must be added to so that the alcohol becomes 80%?
- One hour
If a pipe can fill a tank in 5 h and another pipe can empty the tank in 10 h, if both pipes are opened simultaneously, how many parts are filled in 1 hour? - Milk mixture In a container, milk and water are 7:5. If 15 L water is added, the ratio becomes 7:8. Find the quantity of water in the new mixture.
- Milk with water How many liters of water are to be mixed in 12 liters of milk costing Rs 40 per liter so that it can be sold at Rs 32 per liter?
- Two syrups
There are two pots of mixture of syrup and water having ratios 3:2 & 4:5 respectively. What quantity of solution of 1st pot is to be mixed with 3 litre of 2nd pot to get a new mixture where both syrup and water will be same? - The mixture
If a 6-liter solution with a concentration of 20% alcohol is mixed with a 4-liter solution with a 60% concentration of alcohol. Find the percentage of alcohol in the mixture. - Solution dilution I'm further diluting a solution which has previously been diluted. I started with a 1:4 dilution, then diluted that a further 1:5, what is my dilution factor after this?
- Solution mg/ml
If 70 ml of solution contains 280mg of drug, how many milligrams of drugs are in 50 ml of solution?
- Two containers 2
Two containers, one large and one small, contain a total of 4 kilograms of bath salts. One-quarter of the bath salts from the large container are transferred to the small container, so the ratio of bath salts in the large container to that in the small on - 2-cycle
2-cycle engines require a mixture of oil and gas to run properly. For every gallon of gas, a certain 2-cycle engine requires 1 1/4 fl oz of oil. How much oil must be added to prepare 3 1/2 gallons of gas to get the proper mixture? - A chemist 2 A chemist has two alloys of bronze, one that is 12% tin and 88% copper and a second that is 10% tin and 90% copper. If these two alloys are melted and thoroughly mixed together, between what two values are the percent of tin in the mixture?
- Cheap chocolate
Lucy's chocolate bar is 29% cocoa. If the weight of the chocolate bar is 100 grams, how many grams of cocoa does it contain? Round your answer to the nearest tenth. - Preparing the mixture
The seller prepared 25 kg of the mixture for 264 CZK per 1 kg. The first type was 180 CZK per 1 kg and the second was 390 CZK per kg. How much of each did he need?
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