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:
400 kg
560 kg
600 kg
640 kg
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.
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Discussion:
44 comments Page 5 of 5.

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:   1 decade ago
@target

18-14=4
and
8-14=6

hope it helps u..

Target said:   1 decade ago
From where this 4 and 6 comes? I din't get it.


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