0 votes 0 votes every day a mango seller sells half his stock, 10% of the stock overnight gets spoiled. if 1983 mangoes rotted over 3 nights then how many did hi start with on the first day ? Verbal Aptitude general-aptitude + – Rehan afgani asked Aug 9, 2018 Rehan afgani 2.1k views answer comment Share Follow See 1 comment See all 1 1 comment reply srestha commented Aug 9, 2018 reply Follow Share plz give appropriate title 0 votes 0 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.
2 votes 2 votes Let $x$ be the total number of mangoes Days $1$ $2$ $3$ initial mangoes $x$ $0.45x$ $0.2025x$ sells $0.5x$ $0.225x$ $0.10125x$ overnight remaining [ $x - sells$ ] $0.5x$ $0.225x$ $0.10125x$ rotten [ $10$% got rotten] $0.05x$ $0.0225x$ $0.010125x$ next day stock [ initial mangoes for the upcoming day] $0.5x - 0.05x = 0.45x$ $0.2025x$ $0.05x + 0.0225x + 0.010125x = 1983$ $0.082625x = 1983$ $x = 24,000$ pankaj_vir answered Aug 9, 2018 pankaj_vir comment Share Follow See all 0 reply Please log in or register to add a comment.