A man who makes profit of 25% by selling sugar at 12.75 a kg lowers his price so as to gain only 51 paise per kg. In what ratio must his sales increase so that his total profit may be the same as before?A. 1:3B. 1:4C. 1:5D. 1:6E. 2:7

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Jun 28th, 2006

vishal here answer it 1 : 512.75 is 125 % of 10.20 (i found it) profit is 2.55now he takes on 51 paise more. so now sp = 10.71 profit = 51 so to get 2.55 profit he need to sell 5 *51 (5 times more)so 1:5 is answervishal.comp@yahoo.com