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Profit, Loss and Discount · UPSC CDS/OTA · Question 2 of 30

Profit, Loss and Discount: A milkman purchases the milk at Rs. x per litre and sells it at Rs. 2x per litre still he mixes 2 litres of water with every 6 litres of pure milk. What is the profit percentage?

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Profit, Loss and Discount
Subject
Mathematics
Difficulty
Medium
Solve Time
45-60 sec

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A milkman purchases the milk at Rs. x per litre and sells it at Rs. 2x per litre still he mixes 2 litres of water with every 6 litres of pure milk. What is the profit percentage?

TopicProfit, Loss and Discount
Question Typemultiple choice
DifficultyMedium
Marking+1 / −0.33
Test Duration30 min

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