Question

A fruit-seller had some apples. He sells 40% of them and still has 420 apples. Find the
number of apples he had originally.

Answer 1

Suppose originally he had x apples

Then,

(100−40) % of x = 420

⇒60/100×x=420

⇒x=420×100/60

=700

Answer 2

Answer:

buy 40% of 420 apples are = 315 .

Step-by-step explanation:

now, 420-315=115.