Question

16% of the apple in the basket go bad if there are 42 good apples in the basket find the total number of apples in the basket​

Answer 1

Denote the total number of apples in the as x if 1

6% are bad , good apples are 100%-16% = 8

4% or 0•84X

this

X 42/ 0• 84 = 50 apples

Answer 2

Answer:

If there are 42 good apples in the basket, find the total number of apples in the basket? Denote the total number of apples as X. If 16% are bad, good apples are 100%-16% = 84% or 0.84X apples. X = 42/0.84 = 50 apples.