A man buys milk at a certain rate per liter and after adding water to it sells the mixture at the same rate. Find in what ration he much mix water to milk so as to gain 20% on his outlay

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Sonam Gupta · Accepted Answer

You guys are stupid, It is very simple.

Let the Cost Price(C.P) of milk be Rs. 1 per liter.
Then, Selling Price(S.P) of 1 litre of mixture = Rs. 1 
Gain obtained= 20% 
Then, C.P of 1 litre of mixture = Rs (100/120)*1 = Rs. 5/6.

The ratio of water and milk = 1/6: 5/6 = 1:5

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A man buys milk at a certain rate per liter and after adding water to it sells the mixture at the same rate. Find in what ration he much mix water to milk so as to gain 20% on his outlay

Answer is "1:5"

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