A juice vendor mixes water with pure orange juice. If he sells the mixture at…
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A juice vendor mixes water with pure orange juice. If he sells the mixture at the cost price of pure orange
juice and makes a profit of 20%, what is the ratio of water to pure orange juice in the mixture, respectively?
- A.
1 : 4
- B.
1 : 5
- C.
4 : 1
- D.
5 : 1
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Correct answer: B
Selling the mixture at the cost price of pure juice gives a 20% profit, so mixture cost is 1/1.2 = 5/6 of pure juice cost. Thus juice is 5/6 of the mixture and water is 1/6, giving water : juice = 1 : 5.