CAT 2018 Ratio, Proportion and Variation Question (Medium)

Question

Raju and Lalitha originally had marbles in the ratio . Then Lalitha gave some of her marbles to Raju. As a result, the ratio of the number of marbles with Raju to that with Lalitha became . What fraction of her original number of marbles was given by Lalitha to Raju?

Accepted Answer

Step 1 Let original marbles be Raju , Lalitha Let Lalitha gave marbles to Raju. Then Raju Lalitha Given Cross-multiply Combine like terms Step 2 Fraction of marbles Lalitha gave from her original amount Final Answer Fraction given 7 33

CAT 2018

Quantitative

Ratio, Proportion and Variation

Medium

Raju and Lalitha originally had marbles in the ratio $4 : 9$ . Then Lalitha gave some of her marbles to Raju. As a result, the ratio of the number of marbles with Raju to that with Lalitha became $5 : 6$ . What fraction of her original number of marbles was given by Lalitha to Raju?

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