Question

A fruit seller had some apples. He sells 40% apples and still has 420 apples . orginally ,he had

Answer 1

Let the original he had to be x.

Given that he sells 40% apples.

= > 100 - 40

= > 60%.


Given that he still has 420 apples.

= > 60% of x = 420

= > (60x)/100 = 420

= > 60x = 420 * 100

= > 60x = 42000

= > x = 700.



Therefore he originally had 700 apples.



Hope this helps!

Answer 2

Given :

A fruit seller had some apples. He sells 4O% apples and still has 320 apples.

To find :

How many apples did he originally have?

Using formula :

★ Number of originally the fruit seller have = Number of apples left/Percentage of apples didn't sell × 100.

Calculations :

We know that, in a sum of overall 100% of apples he sells 40% of apples so we have to find the number of percentage he didn't sold.

→ 100% - 40%

→ 60% [He didn't sell]

Solution :

→ 420/60 × 100

→ 7 × 100

→ 700 apples

Therefore, the number of apples he original have is 700 apples.