Question

In a vessel miland water 5:1 ratio.find the percent of water

Answer 1

FULL ANSWER WITH STEPS

Ratio between milk and water in the vessel = $5:1$
Sum of the terms of ratio = 5 + 1 = 6

In this ratio, milk is represented by $5$ and water is represented by $1$. 

So, percentage of water
= $(\frac{1}{6}*100)$ % = $\frac{50}{3}$ % = $16\frac{2}{3}$ %

∴ Percentage of water is $16\frac{2}{3}$ %. 

Hope this may help you. 

If you have any doubt, then you can ask me in the comments.