Percentage Q56

56.A fruit seller had some apples. He sells 40% apples and still has 420 apples. Originally, he had

             A.  588 apples       B.  600 apples

             C.  672 apples       D.  700 apples

Answer:

Suppose originally he had x apples.

Then,(100-40)% of x = 420.

‹=› 60/100×x = 420

x ‹=› (420 ×100 / 60

‹=› 700.