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Let's break down the problem step by step:

1. **Initial Purchase of Milk:**
   - The milkman purchases **10 liters** of milk at **₹7 per liter**.
   - Total cost of milk = \( 10 \times 7 = ₹70 \).

2. **Mixing Water:**
   - He adds freely available water to form a mixture where **16.66%** of the mixture is water.
   - This means **16.66%** water and **83.34%** milk in the mixture.
   - Amount of water added = \( 16.66\% \) of the total mixture. Since there are 10 liters of milk, let's assume the total mixture is \( x \) liters.
   
     \[
     \frac{16.66}{100} \times x = \frac{1}{6}x = \text{water}
     \]
     The milk constitutes \( \frac{5}{6}x \). Since the milk is 10 liters:
     \[
     \frac{5}{6}x = 10 \implies x = 12 \text{ liters}.
     \]
   - So, he adds 2 liters of water, making the total mixture **12 liters**.

3. **Replacement Process:**
   - The milkman replaces some of the mixture with freely available water so that the ratio of milk to water becomes **2:1**.
   - The total mixture is still **12 liters**, and we know:
     \[
     \frac{\text{Milk}}{\text{Water}} = 2:1
     \]
     Let the amount of milk be \( 2x \) and the amount of water be \( x \). Then:
     \[
     2x + x = 12 \implies 3x = 12 \implies x = 4.
     \]
   - So, the new mixture has **8 liters of milk** and **4 liters of water**.

4. **Selling the Mixture:**
   - He sells the mixture at the cost price of milk. Since the cost price of milk is **₹7 per liter**, the selling price of the mixture (which is 12 liters) is:
     \[
     12 \times 7 = ₹84.
     \]

5. **Calculating Profit:**
   - The milkman replaced the amount of mixture at **twice the cost of milk**, which means he sold it at:
     \[
     84 \times 2 = ₹168.
     \]
   - The cost of the milk was ₹70 (from step 1), and there was no cost for the water since it's freely available.
   - Therefore, the profit is:
     \[
     \text{Profit} = ₹168 - ₹70 = ₹98.
     \]
   - The profit percentage is:
     \[
     \text{Profit Percentage} = \left(\frac{98}{70}\right) \times 100 = 140\%.
     \]

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A milkman purchases 10 L of milk at ₹7 per litre and forms a mixture by adding freely available water which constitutes 16.66% of the mixture. Later on he replaced the mixture by some freely available water and thus the ratio of milk is to water is 2:1. He then sold the new mixture at cost price of milk and replaced amount of mixture at twice the cost of milk then what is the profit percentage?

Learn how to calculate the profit percentage when a milkman mixes water with milk and sells the mixture using a 2:1 ratio of milk to water. Includes detailed step-by-step solution involving percentages, ratios, and profit calculation.

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