Question

A mango seller sells 70 % of the total mangoes and still has 150 kg mangoes left with him. Find the weight of mangoes he had originally/

Answer 1

Given a mango seller sells 70% of the total mangoes and still has 150 kg left with him.

That implies 30% of the mangoes is equal to 150 kgs.

Let the total mangoes be denoted by x.

Then, x is given as:

$\begin{gathered} \frac{30}{100}x=150 \\ x=\frac{150\times100}{30} \\ x=500\operatorname{kg} \end{gathered}$

Therefore, the total amount of mangoes is equal to 500 kgs.