Question 5?

Question

(A)A market vendor bought 200 mangoes for $40. How much did he pay for one mango?

(B)The vendor found that 40% of his mangoes were spoilt. How many spoilt mangoes did he have?

(C)He sold the remaining good mangoes for 50cents each. How much money did he make from selling the good mangoes?

Answer 1

$0.20

80

$20.00 net profit

Answer 2

A)  $40 divided by 200 = $0.20 per mango

B)  200 x 0.40 = 80 spoiled mangoes

C)  200-80 = 120 good mangoes

      120 x $0.50 = $60.00