Multiple choice

A fruit seller has some apples. He sells 75% apples and still has 225 apples. Find the total number of apples that he had.

  1. 900 apples

  2. 600 apples

  3. 800 apples

  4. 700 apples

  5. None of these
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Explanation

Let the original number of apples = x

Number of sold apples = 75x/100 

Now, the remaining number of apples = x – 75x/100 = 25x/100

So, 25x/100 = 225 

X = 900

So, the original number of apples is 900.

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