SSC MTS Model Paper 6

Question : 42 of 150

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A merchant has 1000 kg of sugar, he sells part of sugar at 8% profit and the rest at 18% profit. He gains 14% on the whole. The quantity sold at 18% profit is:

400 kg
560 kg
600 kg
640 kg

Validate

Solution:

By the rule of alligation, we have:

Ratio of 1st and 2nd parts = 4 : 6 = 2 : 3
∴ Quantity of 2nd kind

= ( { 3 }/ { 5 } × 1000 ) { Kg } = 600 { Kg }

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