Management Aptitude Test Dec 2019 Paper

Question : 82 of 200

Marks: +1, -0

If the price of mangoes is decreased by

40 \%

, one could get 32 more mangoes for

₹ 120 .

Find the original price of each mango.

Solution:

Let the original price of mango be

₹ x

.
New price of a mango

=₹({60 x}/{100})=₹ {3 x}/{5}

According of the questions,

{120}/{{3 x}/{5}}-{120}/{x}=32

⇒{600}/{3 x}-{120}/{x}=32

⇒{200}/{x}-{120}/{x}=32

⇒{80}/{x}=32

⇒x={80}/{32}=2.5

So, the original price of a mango. is

₹ 2.50 .

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