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A mixture is made by mixing 4kg of long grain rice costing sh 60 per kg with 9kg of short grain rice costing sh 50...

A mixture is made by mixing 4kg of long grain rice costing sh 60 per kg with 9kg of short grain rice costing sh 50 per kg. How many kilograms of long grain rice should be added to the mixture so that the resulting mixture can be sold at sh 66 per kg and a profit of 20% is made.

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Kavungya answered the question on September 24, 2019 at 05:32

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