Mixtures and Allegations Practice Test 1

Question : 22 of 40

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A man bought a certain quantity of sugar for Rs. 8000. He sells one-fourth of it at 20% loss. At whatper cent profit should he sell the remainder stock so as to make an overall profit of 20%?

Validate

Solution:

Let the remainder stock be sold at x% profit.

{x-20}/30={1\/4}/{3\/4}

x -20 = 30 ×1/3

or x = 20 + 10
x = 30% profit

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