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A shopkeeper has 180 kg of cumin seeds, a part of which he sells at 12% profit. The remaining quantity of cumin seeds is of low quality and that is why he sold it at 6% loss. Overall, he made a profit of 8%. The quantity of cumin seeds sold at 6% loss is:

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 3

By alligation on the profit percentages 1212 and −6-6 about the mean 88, the ratio is (8+6):(12−8)=14:4=7:2(8+6):(12-8) = 14:4 = 7:2.

The loss-making part is 29\frac{2}{9} of 180=40180 = 40 kg.

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