SOLUTION: At what ratio milk costing 16.50 per litre be mixed with water so that the price of the mixture will be Rs.15 per litre?
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Question 939620: At what ratio milk costing 16.50 per litre be mixed with water so that the price of the mixture will be Rs.15 per litre?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You are paying for the milk and not the water, so
there is as much milk as before
is the fraction
of water to make up the difference
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The ratio of milk to water is
Hope I got it
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