Question

27. A jar contains x litres of milk, a seller
withdraws 25 litres of it and sells it at
220 per litre. Then he replaces it with
water. He repeated the process total
three times. Every time while selling,
the selling price reduces by ? 2. After
this process milk left in the mixture is
only 108 litres so he decided to sell the
entire mixture at 15 per litre. Then
how much profit did he earn if bought
milk at P20 per litre?
[A] + 50
[B] P70
[C] P90
[D] 100​

Answer 1

Answer:

Seller sells Milk at Rs.20,18 and 16 respectively for three times

25*(20+18+16) = 1350 108 = x(1-25/100) 3

x =256 liter

He sold entire 256 at Rs.15

=256*15 = 3840

Cost price = 256*20 = 5120 = = profit = 5190-5120 = 70