Rate list of some liquids purchased by Subham is Item Rate per litre Amount required in litres

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02 Sep 2009 Maximum profit?

Rate list of some liquids purchased by Subham is
Item Rate per litre Amount required in litres
Milk 20/- 5
Oil 80/- 1
Cream 120/- 0.5
A shopkeeper offers a discount of 10%, 20% and 30% in the rate of following items. These discounts
are given according to the demand of customer. For getting maximum profit, Subham will
use 30% discount in ...... Item and he will pay ....... rupee to the shopkeeper.

OPtion

1) Cream, 196
2) Oil, 190
3) Mile, 178
4) Milk, 190
5) Milk, 188
6) Oil, 194
7) Milk, 180
8) Oil, 188
9) Cream, 178
10) Oil, 178

Solution

In the problem, Subham has to invest 100 rupee in 5 litre milk, 80 rupee in 1 litre oil and 60 rupee
in 0.5 litre cream, therefore for getting maximum profit he will use 30% discount in milk of maximum price then 20% in oil
and 10% in cream of minimum price.

Correct Option: 5 Best Solution (0)