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A trader has 600 kgs of rice, a part of which he sells at profit and the remaining quantity at loss. On the whole. he incurs an overall loss of . What is the quantity of rice he sold at 20% loss?

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350 Kg

360 Kg

425 Kg

465 Kg

answer is B.

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Concept: Suppose the amount of rice sold with a loss of

is x kg, the question asks you to find this, so the remaining amount of rice is

Kg sold with a profit of

.
The amount of rice sold with a 20% loss is x kg
And the cost is

Since the loss is

, the gain is

, so it is

, and the total loss is

, so it is

.
Amount used for selling x kg =

Amount used for selling

Now, the question states that the total loss of 600 kg of rice is

. Therefore, the total amount a trader receives after losing

The question states that the merchant will sell the amount of rice that is a loss of 20% and the amount of rice that is a profit of 15%, so adding formulas (1) and (2) will give: It looks like.

From equation (4) and (3) we get:

On further solving equation (5) we get:
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Hence, the correct answer is option (2)

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