Ankita buys 4 kg cashews, 14 kg peanuts, and 6 kg almonds when the cost of 7 kg cashews is the same as that of 30 kg peanuts or 9 kg almonds. She mixe...

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Ankita buys 4 kg cashews, 14 kg peanuts, and 6 kg almonds when the cost of 7 kg cashews is the same as that of 30 kg peanuts or 9 kg almonds. She mixes all the three nuts and marks a price for the mixture in order to make a profit of ₹1752. She sells 4 kg of the mixture at this marked price and the remaining at a 20% discount on the marked price, thus making a total profit of ₹744. Then the amount, in rupees, that she had spent in buying almonds is:

Options

A.

1440

B.

1176

C.

1680

D.

2520

profit calculationmixture problemscost pricecat 2022

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