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A reduction of 20 % in the price of mangoes enables a person to purchase 10 more for Rs 160 The cost of the mango before reduction was
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- 20% = 10more mangoes for 160
now 100% = 50mangoes,
before a person can purchase 40 mangoes only
so 40mangoes = Rs.160
before reduction 1mango cost = 160/40 = Rs.4 - 12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(5) No(0)
- let the original price is x
after reduction the price is 4x/5
160/(4x/5)-160/x=10
40x=160
x=4
The cost of the mango before reduction was 4 rupees - 12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(3) No(0)
- cost of mango before reduction is Rs4
let us consider cost of 1 mango as X and number of mangoes as A
given:
AX=160
(A+10)(X-20X/100)=160
by solving above 2 equations we get X=4 and A=40 - 12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(1) No(0)
- 160*20%=32
10 = 32/80%
1= 3200/10*80= 4 - 8 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(1)
- 160/(1*(100/20-1))
- 7 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)
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