Mixture and Alligation Tips and Tricks for Government Exams

Theory

• A mixture, as the name suggests is mixing two or more things together and alligation enables us to find the ratio in which the ingredients/ things have been mixed and at what price they are sole to earn profit or face loss.
• To solve mixture and alligation questions, one must know that alligation is used to find the mean value of a mixture when the ratio and amount of the ingredients mixed are different and also to find the proportion in which the elements are mixed.
  

Formula

This, given below are a few formulas which will help candidates with the same and let them solve the mixture and alligation questions more conveniently:

• The basic formula which is used to find the ratio in which the ingredients are mixed is  
  It is also called the rule of alligation and can also be represented as
  

Tips

• The rule of alligation can also be used to solve questions based partnerships, time and work and wages
• Read a question and try placing the values in the alligation rule mentioned above to solve the question
• Questions from this topic may sound a bit tricky but are easy to solve if once a candidate get familiar with the concept and the important formulas used
• You can not just find the ratio between the quantity of two elements but also the rate at which the article can be sold using the alligation rule

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