Question

A person purchases tomatoes from each of the 4 places at the rate of 1 kg, 2 kg, 3 kg, 4 kg per rupee respectively. On an average he has purchased x kg of tomatoes per rupee. Then the value of x is

Answer 1

Average= total sum of quantities/total number of quantities.

We know, there are 4 quantities given.

So,

Average weight of tomatoes per rupee= (1 + 2 + 3 + 4)/4

=10/4

= 2.5 kg/rupee

Therefore, the person has purchased 2.5 kg of tomatoes per rupee.