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By mixing two qualities of pulses in the ratio 2: 3 and selling the mixture at the rate of Rs 22 per kilogram, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 10 %. If the cost of the smaller quantity be Rs 14 per kg, Find the cost per kg of the larger quantity ?

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Cost Price of 5 kg = Rs.(14×2+x×3)=(28+3x).Sell price of 5 kg = Rs. (22×5)=Rs. $110.$

[110(28+3x)(28+3x)]×100=10

823x28+3x=110

82030x=28+3x

33x=792

x=79233=24


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