A milk vendor has 2 cans of milk. The first contains 25% water and the rest milk. The second contains 50% water. How much milk should be mixed from each of the containers so as to get 12 litres of milk such that the ratio of water of milk is 3:5?

A can contains a mixture of two liquids A and B in thye ratio 7:5. When 9 litres of mixture are drawn off and the can is filled with B, the ratio of A and B becomes 7:9. How many litres of liquid A was contained by the initially?

 The ratio between the perimeter and the breadth of a rectangle is 5 : 1. If the area of the rectangle is 216 sq. cm, what is the length of the rectangle?

X and Y invested in a business. They earned the profit, which they divided in the ratio of 2:3. If X invested Rs. 40,000, the amount invested by Y is

Three varieties of sugar are priced at Rs 10 per kg, Rs12 per kg and Rs 16.per kg. They are mixed and sold at Rs 12.10 per kg and a profit of 10 per cent is made.The ratio in which these varieties are mixed is

Seats for Mathematics, Physics and Biology in a school are in the ratio 5 : 7 : 8. There is a proposal to increase these seats by 40%, 50% and 75% respectively. What will be the ratio of increased seats?

85 kg of a mixture contains milk and water in the ratio 27 : 7. How much more water is to be added to get a new mixture containing milk and water in the ratio 3 : 1 ?

The monthly salaries of two persons are in the ratio of 4:7. If each receives an increase of Rs.25 in the salary, the ratio is altered to 3:5. Find their respective salaries.

Present ages of Sameer and Anand are in the ratio of 5 : 4 respectively. Three years hence, the ratio of their ages will become 11 : 9 respectively. What is Anand’s present age in years?

The ratio of Gomathi’s and Rashmi’s ages is 3:5 respectively. After ten years this ratio will become 2:3. What is Rashmi’s age in years?