Percentage Practice Test 4 with solutions

Question : 16 of 40

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A total of 993 notebooks are to be distributed among Nancy, Sophia and Mary. The distribution is done such that Nancy receives 30% more than Sophia and Sophia receives 30% less than Mary. What is Mary's share?

Validate

Solution:

Let Mary's share be x.
Then, Sophia's share = 30% less than x

=x-30/100x=7/10x

Now Nancy's share

=7/10x+130/100×7/10x

=161/100x

∴161 /100x+7/10x+x=993

61x+ 70x+ 100x= 993× 100

331x = 993 × 100

x=300

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