Aruna purchases a certain number of apples for INR 20 each and a certain number of mangoes for INR 25 each. If she sells all the apples at \(10 \%\) profit and all the mangoes at \(20 \%\) loss,…
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Aruna purchases a certain number of apples for INR 20 each and a certain number of mangoes for INR 25 each. If she sells all the apples at profit and all the mangoes at loss, overall she makes neither profit nor loss. Instead, if she sells all the apples at loss and all the mangoes at profit, overall she makes a loss of INR 150. Then the number of apples purchased by Aruna is
- 70
- 20
- 60
- 50
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D - 50
Aruna bought apples. For apples and mangoes, the break-even sale gives , and the loss-making sale gives . Substituting gives , while is the resulting number of mangoes.
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