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Profit, Loss & Discount

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A merchant has 50 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:

A

20 kg

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B

30 kg

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C

15 kg

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D

35 kg

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E

None of these

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Solution

The correct option is C 15 kg
Wrong no. =48, Correct no. =44
Each term will be four more than two times the next term.

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