Question

17 % of a certain mangoes got rotten find the number of mangoes if 1 360 mangoes got rotten

Answer 1

let total number of mangoes be " x "

according to question ,

17 % = 1360

100% = x

by cross multiplication , we get

17x = 1360 × 100

17x = 136000

x = 136000 / 17

x = 8000

HENCE Number of mangoes is 8000.

Answer 2

1. Let x be total no.of mangoes and 17% got rotten
2. hence rotten mangoes=(17/100)x=1360
3. from this we get x=8000.Hence there r total of 8000 apples