Question

    A sold 60% more apples than B. Ratio of number of apples

    sold by B to number of apples sold by C is 7:8. Find the number of apples sold by A if number of apples sold by C is 640.
    A 886 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 876 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 896 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 856 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Let, number of apples sold by B and number of apples sold by C be ‘7x’ and ‘8x’, respectively. So, 8x = 640 Or, x = 80 Number of apples sold by B = 7x = 7 × 80 = 560 Therefore, number of apples sold by A = 160% of 560 = 896

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