document.write( "Question 1117571: A woman bought 36 basket of oranges, each containing 150 oranges. Out of the the total number 72 went bad. She sold the rest at 2 for ¢300.00 and made a profit ¢16,200.00. Find the cost of one basket of oranges \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "In all, there were 36*150 oranges initially.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Out of the total, 72 went bad; the rest is 36*150-72 = 5328.\r\n" );
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document.write( "She sold 5328 for c(300/2) each and got c(300/2)*5328 = c799200.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Her profit was c16200 - hence, she bought originally for  c799200 - c16200 = c78300.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The cost of one basket was   = c21750.\r\n" );
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