Question

A fruit seller had some apples. he sells 40% apples and still has 420 apples. what is the number of apples originally he had

Answer 1

Solution

According to question, seller sells 40% of apples

that means he still has 60% of apples with him ..

That 60% is 420

Let total no. of apple be x

60% of x = 420

(60/100) * x = 420

x = (420*100)/60

x = 700

numbers of apples originally = 700
number of apple sold = 700 - 420 = 280

hope it helps ...

Answer 2

Hi ,

Let total number of apples = x

According to the problem given ,

x - 40% of x = 420

x - ( 40/100 ) × x = 420

x - 2x / 5 = 420

( 5x - 2x ) / 5 = 420

3x/5 = 420

x = 420 × ( 5/3 )

x = 140 × 5

x = 700

Therefore ,

Number of total apples = x = 700

I hope this helps you.

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