SOLUTION: aramugan has enough money to buy 24 apples, if the price of each apple is reduced by 5 cents, he will be able to buy an extra 6 apples with the same sum of money. find the original

Question 770694: aramugan has enough money to buy 24 apples, if the price of each apple is reduced by 5 cents, he will be able to buy an extra 6 apples with the same sum of money. find the original cost of each apple.
Answer by Cromlix(4381) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
24 * 5 cents = $1.20
6 apples = $1.20
1 apple = 20 cents.
If original apples were reduced by 5 cents
then original price of an apple = 25 cents.
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