A shopkeeper sells part of his stock at a 10% loss and the rest at a 20% profit, and makes 5% profit on the whole. In what ratio were the two parts?

1 : 1Correct answerYour answer1 : 2Correct answerYour answer2 : 1Correct answerYour answer3 : 1Correct answerYour answer

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer A

Correct answer: A

Worth noting

$1 : 3$ or $3 : 1$ comes from taking the loss as $+10\%$ ; a loss sits below 0.

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