Question
The cost price of 20 mangoes is Rs.120. Because of bad
quality of mangoes, the shopkeeper has to sell mangoes at a loss that is equal to selling price of 4 mangoes. Find the price at which the mangoes were sold.Solution
Let the selling price of one mango be Rs. x So, the selling price of 20 mangoes = Rs.20x Now, => 20x = 120 – 4x => x = 5 Therefore the selling price of 20 mangoes = 20 × 5 = Rs.100
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