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The ratio between the ages of a father and a son at present is 5 : 2, respectively. Four years, hence the ratio between the ages of the son and his mother will be 1 : 2 respectively. What is the ratio between the present ages of the father and the mother respectively?

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Important Questions on Ratio and Proportion

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Divide 27 into two parts so that 5 times the first and 11 times the second together equal to 195. The ratio of the first and second part is _____.
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If x+20+x-1x+20-x-1=73, then what is the value of x+20x-1 ?
MEDIUM
Ranu’s monthly salary is four-fifth of Ali’s monthly salary. Ranu and Ali save one-fourth and two-fifth amount from their respective monthly salary. If the difference between the amount saved by Ranu and that saved by Ali is Rs. 7000, what is Ranu’s monthly salary?
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A box contains one rupee, fifty paisa and twenty five paisa coins. The total number of coins are 378. The ratio of values of the above coins is 13:11:7. The number of twenty five paise coins was:

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Using properties of proportion, solve for x, where x is a positive number:

2x+4x2-12x-4x2-1=4

 

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A sum of Rs. 221 is divided among X, Y and Z such that X gets Rs. 52 more than Y. Y gets Rs. 26 more than Z. The ratio of the shares of X, Y and Z respectively is
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The respective ratio between two positive numbers (X and Y) is 3:5. When 2 is added to both the numbers, the ratio between them becomes 5:8. What is the difference between both the numbers?
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A certain amount of money has to be divided between two persons P and Q in the ratio 5:7. But it was divided in the ratio 2:5 and thereby Q gets an additional Rs.33. Find the total amount.
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If x=2a+1+2a-12a+1-2a-1, prove that x2-4ax+1=0
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If a+b-ca+b=b+c-ab+c=c+a-bc+a and a+b+c0 then prove that a=b=c.

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If cos2θsin2θ=12, then find the value of tan2θ.
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Using properties of proportion find x:y, given:

x2+2x2x+4=y2+3y3y+9

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Using properties of proportion solve for x, given

5x+2x-65x-2x-6=4

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In water, The ratio of the mass of hydrogen to the mass of oxygen is always _____.

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The average age of 11 players of a cricket team is increased by 2 months, when two of them aged 18 years and 20 years are replaced by two new players. The average age of the new players is:
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The age of a man is three times the sum of the ages of his two sons. After 5 years hence, his age will be double the sum of their ages. The present age of the man is:
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The respective ratio between the present age of Ram, Rohan, and Raj is 3:4:5. If the average of their present ages is 28 years, then what would be the sum of the ages of Ram and Rohan together after 5 years?
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The present age of vishal and shekhar are in the ratio of 14 : 17 respectively. Six years from now, their ages will be in the ratio of 17 : 20. What is shekhar present age?
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In a family, a couple has a son and a daughter. The age of the father is three times that of his daughter and the age of the son is half of his mother. The wife is 9 years younger to her husband and the brother is 7 years older than his sister. What is the age of the mother?
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A father says to his son, "7 years ago my age was seven times of your age at that time and after 3 years my age will be thrice of your age." The present age of the son is: