In what ratio, water must be added to dilute honey costing 240 per litre so that the resulted syrup would be worth 200 per ? This is a question from CBSE Handbook, (copied the same thing from there, therefore it is a complete question) Regards Share with your friends Share 5 Ankita Agarwal answered this Dear Student, By the rule of allegation:C.P. of 1 liere of water c= 0C.P. of 1 litre of Honey d= Rs 240Mean Pricem = Rs 200d-m = 240-200=40m-c=200-0=200Ratio of water and honey=40 :200=1:5 Regards 3 View Full Answer