 A merchant bought a cask of wine for |48, and sold a quantity exceeding three-fourths of the whole by two gallons, at a profit of 25 per cent. He afterwards sold the remainder, at such a price, as to clear 60 per cent, by the whole transaction, but if...  The Mathematician - Page 2181847Full view - About this book
 | Miles Bland - Algebra - 1841 - 456 pages
...gallons at a profit of £i5 per cent. He afterwards sells the remainder at such a price as to clear £6O per cent. by the whole transaction ; and, had he sold...quantity at the latter price, he would have gained £\75 per cent. Required the number of gallons contained in the cask. Let ix = the number of gallons;... | |
 | Education - 1873 - 536 pages
...other. A. GOUGH, Chippewa Falls. 181.— Arithmetical question. — A merchant bought a cask of wine for |48, and sold a quantity exceeding three-fourths...as to clear 60 per cent, by the whole transaction, but if he had sold the whole quantity at the latter price, he would have gained 175 per cent. How many... | |
 | James Haddon - Algebra - 1871 - 244 pages
...for 481., and sold a quantity exceeding three-fourths of the whole by two gallons at a profit of 25i. per cent. He afterwards sold the remainder at such a price as to clear 602. per cent, by the whole transaction ; but if he had said the whole quantity at the latter price,... | |
 | Education - 1856 - 400 pages
...whose area of 320 rods ? PROBLEM No. 25.— BY THE EDITOR. A merchant bought a cask of spirits for $48, and sold a quantity exceeding three-fourths of the...as to clear 60 per cent, by the whole transaction, but if he had sold the whole quantity at the latter price, he would have gained 17S per cent. How many... | |
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