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1. Concept of ratio.
--> meaning
Q1. Two numbers are in the ratio 2:3. The difference between their squares is 45.
Find the numbers.
Q3. Three positive numbers are in the ratio 2:3:4 and the sum of their squares is
equal to 464. Find the numbers.
Q4. The ratio of two numbers is 3:4. If each number is increased by 6, the ratio
becomes 4:5. Find the two numbers.
Q5.The incomes of A and B are in the ratio 3:2 and the expenditures in the ratio 5:3.
If each saves Rs. 2000. What are their incomes?
Q6. The ratio of the prices of two houses was 16:23. Two years later when the price
of the first had risen by 10% and that of the second by Rs. 477, the ratio of prices
became 11:20. What were the original prices?
Ans:
1. (6,9) or (-6,-9)
2. 147,196
3. 8,12,16
4. 18,24
5. 12k, 8k
6. 848, 1219
2.Concept of Proportion
Alternendo
Invertendo
Componendo
Dividendo
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b) find A:B:C:D
(a+3c-5e)/(b+3d-5f)= a/b=c/d=e/f
Q4. If a/(b+c)= b/(c+a) = c/(a+b), what is the value of each of the fractions? (a,b,c
> 0)
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Q1. A dog pursues a cat and takes 5 leaps for every 6 leaps of the cat, but 4 leaps
of the dog are equal to 5 leaps of the cat. Compare the speeds of the dog and the
cat.
---Investment ratio
--Time ratio
-- Product.
Q2. A and B enter into a partnership. A invested Rs. 2,000 and B invested 3,000. At
the end of the year the profit was Rs. 4,200. How much would A and B get out this
profit?
Q3. A and B enter into a partnership. A invested Rs. 2,000 and B invested 3,000.
After 6 months, B withdrew from the business. At the end of the year the profit was
Rs. 4,200. How much would B get out this profit?
Q4.Three people decided to start a partnership firm. The ratio of their investments
at the outset of a project was 1/2: 1/3: 1/4. The amounts were invested for time
periods 1:1/2:1/3. If the profits were shared in the direct proportion to both the time
invested and the time for which it is invested. Find A's share, if B's share is Rs.
20,000.
Q5. Last time I visited a friend's farm near Bangalore he gave me a bag containing
1000 peanuts. From this I took out 230 peanuts for myself and gave away the bag
with the remainder of peanuts to three little brothers who live in my neighbourhood
and told them to distribute the nuts among, themselves in proportion to their ages-
which together amounted to 17 and 1/2 years.
Tinku, Rinku and Jojo, the three brothers, divided the nuts in the following manner:
As often as Tinku took four Rinku took three and as often as Tinku took six Jojo took
seven.
With this data can you find out what were the respective ages of the boys and how
many nuts each got?
Ans:
1.25:24
2.
3. 1800
---Direction proportion
Examples:
If x $ y then x/y = k.
Q. The cost of a picnic is directly proportional to the number of people going on the
picnic. When 20 people go for the picnic, the cost of the picnic is Rs 400. What
would be the cost of the picnic when 50 people go for the picnic?
x $ y^n = x= k y^n
--Direct relation
--Inverse proportion