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
Algebra ->
Surface-area
-> 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
Log On
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? Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, JBnovelwriter:Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! .
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?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.
