Multiple choice

How much water should be added to 20 lit. pure milk that the mixture is sold at cost price and gets a profit of 25%. 20L शुद्ध दूध में कितना पानी मिलाया जाये कि मिश्रण को क्रय मूल्य पर बेचकर 25% का लाभ हो।

  1. 6L

  2. 4L

  3. 5L

  4. 10L

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Selling at cost price with 25% profit means SP = 1.25 × CP_milk. Let water added be x liters. Total quantity = 20+x, selling at CP of 20L milk. So 20×CP = (20+x)×0.8×CP. Solving: 20 = 16 + 0.8x, so 0.8x = 4, x = 5L. Options A, B, D don't satisfy this condition.