A fruit seller had some apples. He sells 40% apples and still has 420 apples. Originally, how many apples he had?

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Hi Divya, As 40% of the apples are over, it means 60% of them are remaining. So, 60 -------> 420 40 -------> X now do the cross multiplication, so 60*X = 40*420 (here star* is multiplication) from the above equation: X = (40*420) / 60 = 280 (so these are the 40% apples ) so total no. of apples...
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Hi Divya, As 40% of the apples are over, it means 60% of them are remaining. So, 60 -------> 420 40 -------> X now do the cross multiplication, so 60*X = 40*420 (here star* is multiplication) from the above equation: X = (40*420) / 60 = 280 (so these are the 40% apples ) so total no. of apples = 40% + 60% = 280 + 420 = 700 hope you you got it. thank you read less
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