Question

A shopkeeper sells 60%of the pens he had and still has 120 pens left. Find the total number of pens he had?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

The total number of pens he had is 300.

Given:

• The shopkeeper sold 60% of the pens he had
• He has 120 pens left

To Find:

The total number of pens the shopkeeper had.

Solution:

Let the total number of pens be p.

pens sold = 60 % of p

Therefore, remaining pens = (100 - 60) % = 40%

The number of remaining pens = 120

40 % of p = 120

$\frac{40}{100} p = 120$

$40 p = 120 * 100$

$p = \frac{12000}{40}$

$p = 300$

Hence the total number of pens the shopkeeper had is 300.

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