A businessman mixes sugar costing sh. 90 per kg with another type which costs sh.120 per kg. Find the ratio in which the two types...

      

A businessman mixes sugar costing sh. 90 per kg with another type which costs sh.120 per kg. Find the ratio in which the two types should be mixed so that if a kilogram of the mixture is sold at ksh. 147 a profit of 50% is realized.

  

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Kavungya answered the question on October 12, 2019 at 08:33

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