A wine merchant purchase 54 litres of whisky at Rs. 2.20 per litre. How many litres of water
must he add to enable him to retail it at Rs. 2.25 a litre and obtain a profit of 25% on his
outlay?
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Given:
A merchant purchase 54 litres of whisky at Rs. 2.20 per litre.
To find:
The amount of water added to the wine to make the profit of 25%.
Solution:
1) The cost price of the wine is ₹2.20 per litre.
and the cost price of water is ₹0 per litre.
2) The selling price of the mixture is ₹2.25 and profit of 25%.
fraction value of 25% is 1/4
So ratio of SP is 5
so, 5 ---- 2.25
1 ------- 0.45
4 ------ 0.45×4
4 ------ 1.8
3) The ratio of the wine and water in the mixture,
- Wine Water
2.2 0
1.8
1.8 0.4
9 : 2
4) According to the question 54 litre of wine is used,
- 9 ---------- 54
- 1 ------------ 54/9 = 6
- 2 ----------- 12
12 litre water is mixed in the mixture.
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