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    After selling 30% of the fruits, a fruit seller had 140 fruits left How many were there originally ?
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    After selling 30% of the fruits, a fruit seller had 140 fruits left How many were there originally ?

    A.

    300

    B.

    200

    C.

    350

    D.

    288

    Correct option is B

    Given:
    The fruit seller sold 30% of the fruits and has 140 fruits remaining.
    Formula Used:
    Remaining Quantity=Original Quantity×Remaining Percentage100\text{Remaining Quantity} = \text{Original Quantity} \times \frac{\text{Remaining Percentage}}{100}​​
    Solution:
    Let x be the original number of fruits.
    30% of the fruits has been sold to remaining fruit = 100 – 30 = 70%
    Since 70% of the fruits are left, we have:

    140=x×70100140 = x \times \frac{70}{100}​​

    x=140×10070=200x = \frac{140 \times 100}{70} = 200​​

    Thus, The original number of fruits was 200. 

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