Aptitude - Alligation or Mixture - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Alligation or Mixture - General Questions (Q.No. 15)
15.
A merchant has 1000 kg of sugar, part of which he sells at 8% profit and the rest at 18% profit. He gains 14% on the whole. The quantity sold at 18% profit is:
Answer: Option
Explanation:
By the rule of alligation, we have:
| Profit on 1st part Profit on 2nd part | ||
| 8% | Mean Profit 14% | 18% |
| 4 | 6 | |
Ration of 1st and 2nd parts = 4 : 6 = 2 : 3
 Quantity of 2nd kind = |
 |
3 | x 1000 |  kg |
= 600 kg. |
| 5 |
Discussion:
45 comments Page 5 of 5.
Nikunj Patel said:
1 decade ago
From where did this 3/5 come?
Hjgh said:
1 decade ago
Thanks helped me a lot.
Ajith kumar said:
1 decade ago
Thank you, I was also suffering with same doubt. It helped me a lot.
Priya said:
2 decades ago
@target
18-14=4
and
8-14=6
hope it helps u..
18-14=4
and
8-14=6
hope it helps u..
Target said:
2 decades ago
From where this 4 and 6 comes? I din't get it.
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