3 varieties of rice costing 34.5/kg, 36.5/kg and 41.2/kg sold at 46.2/kg making a profit of 22.22%. In what ratio did the seller mix 3 of them? Need an explanation through alligations.

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Aravindhan Mahendaran 6y ago

I think the best way is to go through the options. Doesn't this question have options?

Sanchit Ghai 6y ago

Calculate the CP by dividing 46.2 by 1.22 That'll be 37.7 I guess Perform alligation on variety 2 and variety 3 Another alligation on variety 1 and variety 3 Add both the alligations that'll be your answer. For more details better go through the 3 variable alligation lecture

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