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How many kilograms of rice costing 3.6 per kg should be mixed with 8 kgs of rice costing 4.20 per kg, such that the mixture yields a profit of  10%  when it is sold at 4.40 per kg? Â
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For all alligation questions, remember that we need to consider only the cost price
Given that the Selling Price = .
Cost price×1.1=Selling price
Cost price=Selling price1.1=4.41.1=4 rs
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Ratio of quantity of rice = 2:4 or 1:2. Given that the quantity of the second variety is  8 kg, the first variety should be  82  =4 kgs
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