A fruit seller sold 40% of his apples and still 420 apples were left. Originally he had __________ apples.
Question and options
A fruit seller sold 40% of his apples and still 420 apples were left. Originally he had __________ apples.
- 588
- 600
- 672
- 700
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D - 700
Selling 40% leaves 60% of the stock, so 0.6 x original = 420 and the original is 420 / 0.6 = 700. The figure 588 comes from wrongly adding 40% of 420 to 420, which takes the percentage of the wrong base.
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