ramesh, a milkman wishes to earn a profit of 10% . determine the quantity of water he should mix with milk so that the gains the said prodit by selling it on cost price of the milk

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ramesh, a milkman wishes to earn a profit of 10% . determine the quantity of water he should mix with milk so that the gains the said prodit by selling it on cost price of the milk

aravindhanm02 26th Mar, 2022

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Ayush 18th Jul, 2022

Hello student,

When wants to make profit by selling the milk at the same cost price and still wants a profit of 10% then the milk in the product is actually 0.9 ratio or 90% and water is mixed up to 10%.

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