Question

a fruit seller had some apples he sells 40% of the apples and still has 420 apples. originally he has

Answer 1

Let original no. of apples be x.
x - 40/100 of x = 420
x - 2/5x = 420
3/5x = 420
x = 420 *5/3
x= 700
There the fruitseller originally had 700 apples

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.