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A shopkeeper buys two kinds of tea, the price of the first kind being twice that of the second. He sells the mixture at Rs.17.50 per kg, thereby making a profit of 25%. If the ratio of first and second kinds of tea in the mixture be 2:3, find the cost price of each kind of tea.

posted Jan 29, 2016 by anonymous

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Let's Prices of two tea's A & B are 2x & x.
and weights are (2/5) & (3/5)kg.
C.P.=[(2/5)*2x]+[(3/5)*x]=(7/5x)
Profit=25% of (7/5x)
S.P.=17.50
C.P.+P=S.P.
(7/5x)+[25/100*(7/5x)]=17.50
simplify above formula,
x=10
Ans:cost price of B=Rs10 & of A=Rs20

answer Jan 29, 2016 by Jaikumar Bhatia



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