Tuesday, 7 August 2018

Question of the day


A milkman mixes 20 litres of water with 80 litres of milk. After selling one-fourth of this mixture, he adds water to replenish the quantity that he had sold. What is the current proportion of water to milk?
  1. 3 : 4
  2. 2 : 3
  3. 1 : 3
  4. 1 : 2

1 comment:

  1. Ratio of water to milk = 20/80 = 1:4
    (1/4) x 100 = 25 litres.
    Part sold (water) = (1/5) x 25 = 5 litres
    Part sold (milk) = 20 litres
    He now adds 25 litres of water to replenish the quantity.
    Now, out of 100 litres of the mixture there is (15+25) litres of water = 40 litres of water.
    Hence, milk is 60 litres.
    water : milk = 40/60 = 2:3

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