SOLUTION: A vendor paid Php 175.00 for a basket of mangoes. He brought home 10% of the mangoes and sold the remainder at Php 2.50 each for a profit of Php 50.00. How many mangoes did he purc

Question 1184988: A vendor paid Php 175.00 for a basket of mangoes. He brought home 10% of the mangoes and sold the remainder at Php 2.50 each for a profit of Php 50.00. How many mangoes did he purchased?
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A vendor paid Php 175.00 for a basket of mangoes. He brought home 10% of the mangoes and sold the remainder
at Php 2.50 each for a profit of Php 50.00. How many mangoes did he purchased?
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Bought n mangoes. Sold 0.9n mangoes. Since the total profit was Php 50.00, it means that the vendor sold 0.9n mangoes for 175 + 50 = 225 pesos. The equation to find "n" is 0.9*n*2.50 = 225 pesos. From the equation, n = = 100. ANSWER. He purchased 100 mangoes.

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