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A farmer buys 240 cows. He sells some of them at a gain of 20% and the remaining at a gain of 30%. If he gains 28% on the whole, then how many did he sell at a gain of 20%

Asked in DSSSB MTS · 2026
Mixture Problems · Quantitative Aptitude
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Water or another zero-cost component should be treated as having value 0 in price-based alligation.

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Profit and Loss has appeared in 185 previous-year exam questions, most frequently in UPSC, State PSC and SSC.
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