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Ratio and Proportion · UPSC CDS/OTA · Question 8 of 51

Ratio and Proportion: A dishonest shopkeeper mixed 1 litre of water for every 3 litres of petrol and thus made up 36 litres of petrol. If he now adds 15 litres of petrol to the mixture, find the ratio of petrol and water in the new mixture.

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Topic
Ratio and Proportion
Subject
Mathematics
Difficulty
Medium
Solve Time
45-60 sec

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A dishonest shopkeeper mixed 1 litre of water for every 3 litres of petrol and thus made up 36 litres of petrol. If he now adds 15 litres of petrol to the mixture, find the ratio of petrol and water in the new mixture.

TopicRatio and Proportion
Question Typemultiple choice
DifficultyMedium
Marking+1 / −0.33
Test Duration30 min

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