document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1201920>Question 1201920</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two blends of tea costing sh. 140 and sh. 160 per kg respectively are mixed in the ratio 2:3 by mass. The mixture is sold at sh. 240 per kg.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find the percentage profit<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In what ratio should the two blends be mixed to get a mixture that costs sh. 148 per kilogram </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Two blends of tea costing sh. 140 and sh. 160 per kg respectively are mixed in the ratio 2:3 by mass. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Assume I mix 2kg of Blend of sh140/kg . It will cost sh 280<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3kgsof blend costing sh 160/kg The cost will be  sh480\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Total 5 kg of mixed blend will cost (280+480) = sh760\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "One kg will cost 760/5 = sh152/kg<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The mixture is sold at sh. 240 per kg.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "profit = (240-152)= 88<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Percent profit = 88/152 *100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=57.89 % <BR>\n" );
document.write( "In what ratio should the two blends be mixed to get a mixture that costs sh. 148 per kilogram \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I make a 1 kg mix<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I take x kg of blend costing sh140<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(1-x) kg of blend of 160 /kg\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "140x +(1-x)160= 148<BR>\n" );
document.write( "140x +160 -160x =148\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-20x = -12\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x= 12/20 = 3/5 kg\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Balance = 2/5 kg\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(3/5)/2/5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3:2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3*140+2*160 = 740<BR>\n" );
document.write( "740/5= 148<BR>\n" );
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