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Percentages - Quant/Math - CAT 2009
Question 4 the day:
March 10, 2003
The question for the day is from the topic of Percentages
- A vendor sells 60 percent of apples he had and throws away 15 percent of the remainder. Next day he sells
50 percent of the remainder and throws away the rest. What percent of his apples does the vendor throw?
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17 |
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(2) |
23 |
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77 |
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None of these |
Correct Answer - (2)
Solution:
Let the number of apples be 100.
On the first day he sells 60% apples ie.,60 apples.Remaining apples =40.
He throws 15% of the remaining i.e., 15% of 40 = 6.Now he has 40-6 = 34 apples
The next day he throws 50% of the remaining 34 apples i.e., 17.
Therefore in all he throws 6+17 =23 apples.
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