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Mean Price(m)
(d-m)
(m-c)
SOLVED PROBLEMS
Simple problems:
1.In what ratio must rice at Rs 9.30 per Kg be mixed with rice
at Rs 10.80 per Kg so that the mixture be worth Rs 10 per Kg?
Solution:
C.P of 1 Kg rice of 1st kind 930 p
70
32/3
5/6
1.50
rice of 6 Rs per Kg
Average price Aw
6-Aw
Aw-5
rice at Rs x per Kg
x-7:1=5:4
4x-28 = 5
4x=33=>x=Rs 8.25.
Therefore price of costlier rice is Rs 8.25 per Kg
SOLVED PROBLEMS
Medium Problems:
16
x-15
60
Mean Price Rs 62
1/5
14
Complex Problems:
1.Tea worth Rs 126 per Kg are mixed with a third variety in
the ratio 1:1:2. If the mixture is worth Rs 153 per Kg ,
the price of the third variety per Kg will be?
Solution:
Since First and second varieties are mixed in equal
proportions
kind
Rs x.
22.50
Mean Price
1/10
1/14
kind 120p
21
kind 120p
C.P of 1 Kg wheat of 2n d
kind 144p
21
9/91
1/8
70 p
(100x-1000) / 70 = 8/7
700x -7000 = 560
700x = 7560 =>x = Rs 10.80.
Therefore the rate of second quality is Rs10.80
7.8lit are drawn from a wine and is then filled with water.
This operation is performed three more times.The ratio of
the quantity of wine now left in cask to that of the water
is 16:81. How much wine did the cask hold originally?
Solution: