27.) Given that the cost price of 10 oranges is equal to the
cost price of 1 kg of apples and the cost price of 12 apples
is equal to the cost price of 1 kg of oranges. If the
selling price of 15 oranges is equal to the selling price of
1 kg of apples, then the selling price of 1 kg of oranges is
equal to selling price of (Assume that all the apples are
identical and this holds true for the oranges as well.)
a) 8 apples
b) 9 apples
c) 10 apples
d) 12 apples
Answer Posted / shylu
8 apples
let 'x' & 'a' be the kg and number of oranges
let 'y' & 'b' be the kg and number of apples
GIVEN :
cost price:
10(x)=(y)1
a(1)=12(b)
10(x)/a(1)=(y)1/12(b)
10x * 12b =ay --> 1
selling price:
15(x)=(y)1
a(1)=b(?)
15(x)/a(1)=(y)1/b(?)
15x * ? =ay -->2
solve 1 & 2 equ (ie subtract 1 & 2)
the answer ill be 8b............
so itz 8 apples
Is This Answer Correct ? | 47 Yes | 11 No |
Post New Answer View All Answers
One dog tells the other that there are two dogs in front of me. The other one also shouts that he too had two behind him. How many are they?
A person travels 6km towards west, then travels 5km towards north ,then finally travels 6km towards west. Where is he with respect to his starting position?
Find the next series: AC CG GO OE ?
Each row of letters or numbers has a rule connecting them. Write the next number or letterin the brackets. 124 , 62 , 60 , 30 , 28 , 14 , (_ _ _)
There are 19 horses in a stable. All but eight died. How many will be left in the stable?
What is degree of a Relation?
a man is standing before a painting of a man and he says I have no bro and sis and his [painted picture] father is my father’s son?
halley is clarks father& arthur is halleys father.after some years when halleys age is equal to arthurs age,halleys age becomes 5 times of clarks present age.clarks age then is 8 times his fathers present age. sum of arthur & halleys age is 100 find clarks present age
If A, B and C are the mechanisms used separately to reduce the wastage of fuel by 30%, 20% and 10%. What will be the fuel economy if they were used combined.
How many 3 digits with 3 Distinct digits are there from 100-1000.
If the circumference of a circle is 100 units, Then what will the length of the arc described by an angle of 20 degree ?
sir i need rrb secunderabad goods guard previous exam model papers
In which year will the 21st century begin?
A fold density is 19 times greater than the water and for copper it is 9 times.At what ratio you can mix gold and copper to get 15 times denser than water.
In a typical motor cycle rally, every motor cycle has to reach a speed of 20 m/min within a minute and it increase its speed by 20 m/min and the sum was 1600 m/min. Four minutes later, a new motor cyclist started running in the race. After another two minutes, the motor cyclist with the speed of 400 m/min stopped due to injuries and again two new motor cyclist started running in the race. What is the current average speed?