Question
After selling 30% of his stock, Arjun was left with 45
fewer items than 65% of the total stock he had at the beginning. How many items did Arjun sell?Solution
ATQ,
Let the total number of items Arjun had be ‘x’
According to the question,
0.7x = 0.65x – 45
Or, x = 45 / (0.05) = 900
Therefore, number of items sold by Arjun = 0.3x = 270
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