Pure honey costs ₹300 per litre. A shopkeeper adds water to 10 litres of pure honey and sells the resulting syrup at ₹250 per litre. The quantity of water added by the shopkeeper is :
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → 2 litres
The price of the final mixture is,
$\frac{Total\,Cost\,of\,honey}{Total\,volume\,of\,mixture}=Selling\,price$
$\frac{10×300}{10+x}=250$
$⇒250x=500$
$⇒x=2$