Question

A fruit seller had some apples .He sells 40% of them and still has 420 apples .How many apples had he in all

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:Answer. 60% of x= 420 60/100x = 420 60x = 42000 x = 42000/60 = 700 So he had 700 apples in total

Answer 2

A fruit seller had some apples.

He sells 40% of them and still has 420 apples .

GIVEN

He sells 40% of apples.

Left with 420 apples.

TO FIND :- Total number of apples he had.

SOLUTION :-

• METHOD 01

Let total number of apples be x.

According to the question,

$x - 40\%x = 420 \\ \\ \implies \: x - \frac{40}{100} x = 420 \\ \\ \implies \frac{100x - 40x}{100} = 420 \\ \\ \implies \frac{60x}{100} = 420 \\ \\ \implies \frac{6}{10} x = 420 \\ \\ \implies x = 420 \times \frac{10}{6} \\ \\ \implies \boxed{x = 700}$

Total number of apples is 700.

• METHOD 02

If he sells 40% of fruits , the left fruits shall be

100 - 40 = 60%

According to the question,

$60\%x = 420 \\ \\ \implies \frac{60}{100} x = 420 \\ \\ \implies \: \boxed{x = 700}$