 A person buys coffee at £5 12s. 6d. per cwt., and chicory at £2 5s. 5'f. per cwt. and mixes them in the proportion of 2 of chicory to 5 of coffee. He retails the mixture at Is. 3d. per Ib. What is his gain per cent.  Arithmetic - Page 79by Nelson, Thomas & sons, publisher - 1876 - 104 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Hunter (of Uxbridge.) - 1863 - 104 pages
...2nd income, 98| : 2000 : : 3 : £60 16s. 7^/sd. = lst income. Increased by £29 16s. 8||gd. Ans. 9. A person buys coffee at £5 12s. 6d. per cwt., and chicory at £2 5s. 5d. per cwt., and mixes them in the proportion of two of chicory to five of coffee. He retails the mixture... | |
 | Robert Johnston (F.R.G.S.) - 1863 - 254 pages
...and invests this sum in railway stock, paying 4£ per cent. at 93 J. How is his income affected? 9. A person buys coffee at £5 12s. 6d. per cwt., and chicory at £2 5s. 5d. per cwt. and mixes them in the proportion of 2 of chicory to 5 of coffee. He retails the mixture at... | |
 | William Alfred Browne - 1863 - 486 pages
...affected. (Neglecting fractions of a penny) 6th Report, p. 256. Ans. Au inerease of £115 4s. Od. (402) A person buys coffee at £5 12s. 6d. per cwt. and chicory lit £2 5s. 5d and mixes them in the proportion of two of chicory to five of coffee. He retails the... | |
 | Civil service - 1866 - 270 pages
...Express the result of the last question in cubic feet, cubic inches, and a fraction of a cubic inch. 12. A person buys coffee at 5/. 12s. 6d. per cwt. and chicory at 21. 5s. 5d. per cwt., and mixes them in the proportion of two of chicory to five of coffee. He retails... | |
 | W. M. LUPTON - 1867 - 210 pages
...had decreased 12-5 per cent. Find the increase per cent in the population of the whole kingdom. (93) A person buys coffee at £5 12s. 6d. per cwt., and...and mixes them in the proportion of 2 of chicory to 6 of coffee. He retails the mixture at Is. 3d. per Ib. ; what is his gain per cent.? (94) If by selling... | |
 | William Alfred Browne - 1867 - 112 pages
...would be but £69. What would it be if reckoned on the price in 1858 only ?— 4th Report, p. 203. 16. A person buys coffee at £5 12s. 6d. per cwt., and...at £2 5s. 5d., and mixes them in the proportion of two of chicory to five of coffee. He retails the mixture at ls. 3d. per Ib, What is his gain per cent... | |
 | William Harding Girdlestone - 1867 - 368 pages
...and invests this sum in railway stock, paying 4J per cent., at 93J. How is his income affected ? 9. A person buys coffee at £5 „ 12s. „ 6d. per cwt. and chicory at £2 „ 5s. „ 5d. per cwt., and mixes them in the proportion of two of chicory to five of coffee. He retails the mixture... | |
 | Adolf Sonnenschein - 1870 - 276 pages
...sell it to gain 15 %? (10) A person buys coffee at £5. 12s. 6cZ. per cwt, and chicory at £2. 6s. 5d., and mixes them in the proportion of 2 of chicory to 5 of coffee. He retails the mixture at Is. 3d. per Ib. ; what is his gain or loss % ? (11) I bought 4 cwt. of sugar at Ы. per Ib., and 7... | |
 | William Harding Girdlestone - 1870 - 482 pages
...and invests this sum in railway stock, paying 4J per cent., at 93J. How is his income affected ? 9. A person buys coffee at £5 „ 12s. „ 6d. per cwt. and chicory at £2 „ 5*. ,, 5d. per cwt., and mixes them in the proportion of two of chicory to five of coffee. Ho retails... | |
 | Henry Major - 1875 - 204 pages
...invests this sum in Railway Stock, paying 4j per cent., at 93J. How is his income affected ? CS 232. A person buys coffee at £5 12s. 6d. per cwt. and chicory at £2 5s. 5d. per cwt. and mixes them in the proportion of two of chicory to five of coffee. He retails the mixture... | |
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