Postal or Sorting Assistants Model Paper 4 With Solutions

Question : 19 of 100

Marks: +1, -0

65% of a number is more than its

2/5

th by 140. What is 30% of that number?

Solution:

(b) Let the number be x.
∴

{x×65}/100-{2x}/5=140

⇒

{13x}/20-{2x}/5=140

⇒

{13x-8x}/20=140

⇒

x/4=140

⇒

x=4×140=560

∴30% of

560 = {560×30}/100=168

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