CAT 2024 Ratio, Proportion and Variation Question (Hard)

Question

A fruit seller has a total of 187 fruits consisting of apples, mangoes and oranges. The number of apples and mangoes are in the ratio 5 2. After she sells 75 apples, 26 mangoes and half of the oranges, the ratio of number of unsold apples to number of unsold oranges becomes 3 2. The total number of

Accepted Answer

Step 1 Ratio of apples to mangoes 5 2 Let number of apples 5x Let number of mangoes 2x Let number of oranges 2y --- Step 2 Total fruits equation Total 5x 2x 2y 187 7x 2y 187 ... 1 --- Step 3 Unsold fruits after sale - Apples sold 75 Unsold apples 5x 75 - Mangoes sold 26 Unsold mangoes 2x 26 - Orange

CAT 2024

Quantitative

Ratio, Proportion and Variation

Hard

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