Profit and Loss Practice Test 1

Question : 18 of 40

Marks: +1, -0

A tradesman sells one kind of sugar at Rs. 3 per kg and loses 20 per cent and another kind of sugar at Rs. 5 per kg and gains 25 per cent. He mixes them together in equal proportion and sells the mixture at Rs. 6 per kg. What is his gain %?

$53 26/31%$
$51 31/26%$
$54 26/31%$
$55 26/31%$

Validate

Solution:

C.P. of both kinds of sugar of 1 kg each

=100/80×3+125/100×5

=15/4+4=31/4

Hence, C.P. of 1 kg mixture

=31/8;

then, Gain

=6-31/8=17/8

∴ Gain%

={17/8}/{31/8}×100= 54 26/31%

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