Every day a person sells 40 percent of his fruits and 10 percent of the remaining fruits get spoilt during the night. If total 36 fruits got spoil on the first night, then how many fruits did he sell on the first day?
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
Given:
Sells 40% of the fruit daily; 10% of the remainder spoils.
Spoiled on the first night = 36.
According to the formula:
Spoiled = 10% of the remainder.
Let the total number of fruits be x.
Sold = 40% of x ⇒ Remainder = 60% of x.
Spoiled = 10% of 60% of x = 6% of x.
6% of x = 36.
(6/100) x = 36.
x = 600.
Sold on the first day = 40% of 600 = 240.