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A shop sells chocolates It is used to sell chocolates for Rs.2 each but there were no sales at that price.When it reduced the price all the chocolates sold out enabling the shopkeeper to realize Rs 164.90 from the chocolates alone If the new price was not less than half the original price quoted How many chocolates were sold?

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sandeep ankaraboina  (10 years ago)

just go on trial and error method until u get u a integer. 164.90/1.7=97

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Swarnavo Datta  (10 years ago)

even i got it by trial and error...
164.90/1.70=97 Chocolates (ans)

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Saikat Das  (9 years ago)

16490 = 2 × 5 × 17 × 97

Now now chocolate price should be greater than 1 and less than 2. So 2 x 5 x 17 = 170

So Total chocolates sold = 97 and New chocolate price = Rs.1.

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Sravan  (10 years ago)

Since it is not less than half of original price
take the average of 1 and 2 =>1.5
Now 164.90/1.5 approx 110 chocolates

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Ankit RAJPUT  (9 years ago)

Condition is new price should not be less than half the original price; now by hit & try we get 1.7
`. ` In 1.7 ` ---------- 1 chocolate
.`. In 164.90 ` ------- 164.90/1.7 = 97 chocolate

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Aadrit Agnihotri  (8 years ago)

just go on trial and error method until u get u a integer. 164.90/1.7=97
or
16490 = 2 × 5 × 17 × 97

Now now chocolate price should be greater than 1 and less than 2. So 2 x 5 x 17 = 170

So Total chocolates sold = 97 and New chocolate price = Rs.1.7

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shubham sharma  (10 years ago)

ans will be about 164

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BISHAL CHATTERJEE  (7 years ago)

Let the number of choco be x.
The price of one choc will be between Rs.1 inclusive to Rs.2 which will be y So xy == 164.90 = 16490 paise.
Now writing 16490 as multiple of prime factors, 16490 = 2*5*17*97
As the price of a choco
should be between 100 paise to 200 paise, the possible product combo is either 2,5,17 or 97*2
So the price of a chocolate and the num of chocolate can be either (Rs.1.70 and 97 chocolates) or (Rs.1.94 and 85 chocolates)

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suhas mohan  (10 years ago)

See It is Rs.2 Before Reducing no sales before reducing after reducing the chocolates sold out Since it is new price was not less than half the original price so new price is 1.5 so 164.90/1.5=109.933 so it was apprxmtly 110

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raaju  (6 years ago)

divide 164.90 with all the options, then you will get only 97 which costs chocolate price from 1 to 2 range, else are greater than 2.
so right ans is 97

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gowtham p  (5 years ago)

note:new price was not less than half the original price
initial selling price=rs 2
now,
let new price x
constrain: x>1.5&&x

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aditya wargis  (10 years ago)

let n no of chocolates
p=price of one chocolate
then
pn=164.9
p=164.9/n
but p

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praveen  (10 years ago)

100
as number of chocolates should be positive integer
take x be no of chocolates
y be the amount per each chocolate (newer)
then xy=164.90.
from the given data y>=2/2==>y>=1;
so let choose y=1.649
then we get perfect number for x we get as 1000

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satyanarayana  (10 years ago)

answer 170

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Manish  (8 years ago)

As it is clearly mentioned that the shopkeeper received 164.90 and he did not reduce the price of chocolate less than half i.e. price per chocolate is greater than 1. So now look at the options all options would give price greater than 2 or less than 1 so there will only be one option i.e. 97 which would give you the price per chocolate as 1.7 which will be the correct answer.

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