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Nanu bought two varieties of rice, costing 50 Rs/kg and 60 Rs/kg each, and mixed them in some ratio. Then he sold the mixture at 70 Rs/kg, making a profit of 20 percent. What was the ratio of the mixture?

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In what ratio must water be mixed with milk to gain 16% on selling the mixture at cost price?

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A dishonest milkman professes to sell his milk at cost price but he mixes it with water and thereby gains 25%. What is the percentage of water in the mixture ?

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8 litres are drawn from a cask full of wine and is then filled with water. This operation is performed three more times. The ratio of the quantity of wine now left in cask to that of water is 16 : 65. How much wine did the cask hold originally?

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A milk vendor has 2 cans of milk. The first contains 25% water and the rest milk. The second contains 50% water. How much milk should he mix from each of the containers so as to get 12 litres of milk such that the ratio of water to milk is 3 : 5?

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4 litres are drawn from a barrel full of pure acetone. It is then filled with water. Then 6 litres of the mixture is drawn from the barrel and 6 litres of water added back to the barrel. If the ratio of quantity of acetone to quantity of water in the barrel is 1:2, then what was the volume of the barrel?

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In a liquid mixture 20% is water, and in another mixture there is water to the extent of 25%. These two mixtures are mixed in the ratio 5: 3. Find the percentage of water in the final mixture.

 

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There are two one-litre cans containing milk and water in the ratios 7: 3 and 8: 2respectively. The contents of the two cans are poured into a two litre can, and the mixture is sold at Rs. 50 per litre, thereby realising a profit of 12.5% on the returns. Find the cost price of a litre of milk if the cost of water is zero.