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Ranjan Singh makes statues of brass. Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc. Ranjan uses two varieties of brass for different kinds of statues. Variety 1 contains copper and zinc mixed in the ratio 7 : 4 and variety 2 contains these metals in the ratio 5 : 3. Ranjan makes an elephant statue from variety 1 and a horse statue from variety 2. The elephant statue weighs 176 g and it is known that the brass used in the horse statue contains 135 g zinc.

(1) Find the quantity of copper present in the brass used to make the elephant statue.

  1. 98 g
  2. 112 g
  3. 121 g
  4. 132 g

(2) How much copper is contained in the brass used to make the horse statue ?

  1. 165 g
  2. 175 g
  3. 205 g
  4. 225 g

(3) How much zinc is contained in the brass used to make the two statues ?

  1. 169 g
  2. 179 g
  3. 189 g
  4. 199 g

(4) The ratio of the quantities of copper and zinc used to make the two statues is :

  1. 113 : 98
  2. 337 : 148
  3. 221 : 199
  4. 337 : 199

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