Question

. 16% of the apples in a basket go bad . If there are 42 good apples in the basket , find the total number of apples in the basket.
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Answer 1

Answer:

% of bad apples = 16 %

% of good apples = 100 % - 16% = 84 %

SO IF :;

84 % = 42

1 % = 1/2

100 % = 100 / 2

= 50 apples.

Total no of apples is 50.

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Answer 2

Answer:

50

Step-by-step explanation:

Let total number of apples in the basket be x

So there are x number of apples in the basket

But 16% of the total number of apples go bad

That is, 16% of x goes bad

So percentage of good apples is 100 - 16 = 84%

So the percentage of good apples = 84%

So 84% of x is good

But in the question it is given that there are 42 good apples

=> 84% of x is 42

=> (84 / 100) * x = 42  

=> (84 x) / 100 = 42

=> 84 x = 42 * 100

=> 84 x = 4200

=> x = 4200 / 84

=> x = 50

So the value of x is 50

We know that the value of x is the total number of apples in the basket

Therefore, the total number of apples in the basket is 50