CAT 2018 Slot 1 QA Question 14: A wholesaler bought walnuts and peanuts, the price of walnut per kg being thrice that of peanut per kg. He then sold 8 kg of peanuts at a profit of 10% and 16 kg of walnuts at a profit of 20% to a sh

Question

A wholesaler bought walnuts and peanuts, the price of walnut per kg being thrice that of peanut per kg. He then sold 8 kg of peanuts at a profit of 10% and 16 kg of walnuts at a profit of 20% to a sh

Accepted Answer

Let the wholesaler’s cost price of peanuts be Rs. p per kg. Then walnuts cost Rs. 3p per kg.
The shopkeeper buys 8 kg peanuts at 10% profit and 16 kg walnuts at 20% profit.
Cost to shopkeeper $=8 	imes 1.1p + 16 	imes 1.2 	imes 3p$
$=8.8p + 57.6p = 66.4p$
After the loss in transit, he sells 5 kg