Madhya Pradesh Police Exam Model Paper 10

Given:
The ratio of two numbers be 19 : 26.
New ratio will be 3 : 4.
Concept Used:
Ratio concept used.
Calculation:
Let the two numbers be 19x and 26x.
If 2 added to 19x = 19x + 2.
According to the question,
$\left(19\mathit{x}+2\right)/26\mathit{x}=3/4$
$\Rightarrow 4\left(19\mathit{x}+2\right)=3\times 26\mathit{x}$
$\Rightarrow 76\mathit{x}+8=78\mathit{x}$
$\Rightarrow 2\mathit{x}=8$
⇒ x = 4
So, Big number = 26 × 4 = 104
∴The big number is 104.