Number of soaps purchased by Sumit is 70% less than the number of mugs and buckets together purchased by him. Find the number of soaps purchased by Sumit.

Let the number of buckets purchased by Sahil be x. And the number of buckets purchased by Sumit = 1.45x Number of mugs purchased by Sahil = 0.4x Number of mugs purchased by Sumit = 0.4x/0.8 = 0.5x According to question, => 1.45x × 220 = 63800 => x = 200 Number of buckets purchased by Sumit = 290 Number of buckets purchased by Sahil = 200 Number of mugs purchased by Sumit = 100 Number of mugs purchased by Sahil = 80 Number of mugs and buckets together purchased by Sumit = 290 + 100 = 390 Number of soaps purchased by Sumit = 30% of 390 = 117