Muthoni went to a shop and bought 50 packets of milk and 25 packets of salt all for Kshs.200.00. She sold the milk at a profit...

      

Muthoni went to a shop and bought 50 packets of milk and 25 packets of salt all for Kshs.200.00. She
sold the milk at a profit of 28% and the salt at a profit of 24% thereby making a net profit of
Kshs.53.50. Find the cost price of a packet of milk and a packet of salt.

  

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Kavungya
50x + 25y = 200
2x + y = 8…….(i)
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Kavungya answered the question on June 19, 2019 at 08:10


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