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A factory blends three types of juice in the ratios A:B = 3:4 and B:C = 1:2

      

A factory blends three types of juice in the ratios A:B = 3:4 and B:C = 1:2
a) Determine;
i. The ratio A:B:C
ii. The amount of type A juice in a 20 litre mixture.
b) The cost of producing one litre of A is Ksh. 80, one litre of B is Ksh. 84 and one litre of C is Ksh. 90.
i. Find the cost of producing one litre of the mixture.
ii. Calculate the selling price of one litre of the mixture if the factory makes a profit of 25%.
c) The factory uses types of machines P and Q to blend the juices. Machine P takes 7 hours to blend
14 000 litres and Q takes 5 hours to blend 12 000 litres. Determine the time it would take the factory to blend 550 000 litres.

  

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sharon
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sharon kalunda answered the question on August 22, 2019 at 11:30


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