CAT (QA) PYQs

Amal buys $110 \mathrm{~kg}$ of syrup and $120 \mathrm{~kg}$ of juice, syrup being 20% less costly than juice, per kg. He sells $10 \mathrm{~kg}$ of syrup at 10% profit and $20 \mathrm{~kg}$ of juice at $20 \%$ profit. Mixing the remaining juice and syrup, Amal sells the mixture at Rs. $308.32$ per kg and makes an overall profit of $64 \%$. Then, Amal's cost price for syrup, in rupees per kg, is

A wholesaler bought walnuts and peanuts, the price of walnut per kg being thrice that of peanut per kg . He then sold $8 \mathrm{~kg}$ of peanuts at a profit of $10 \%$ and $16 \mathrm{~kg}$ of walnuts at a profit of $20 \%$ to a shopkeeper. However, the shopkeeper lost $5 \mathrm{~kg}$ of walnuts and $3 \mathrm{~kg}$ of peanuts in transit. He then mixed the remaining nuts and sold the mixture at Rs. $166$ per kg, thus making an overall profit of $25 \%$. At what price, in Rs. per kg, did the wholesaler buy the walnuts?

A shopkeeper sells two tables, each procured at cost price $p$, to Amal and Asim at a profit of $20\%$ and at a loss of $20\%$, respectively. Amal sells his table to Bimal at a profit of $30\%$, while Asim sells his table to Barun at a loss of $30\%$. If the amounts paid by Bimal and Barun are $x$ and $y$, respectively, then $(x -y) / p$ equals