Q.

A fruit seller buys some oranges at the rate of ₹ 5 per orange. He also buys an equal number of bananas at the rate of ₹ 2 per banana. He makes a profit of 20% on oranges and a profit of 15% on bananas. In the end, he sold all the fruits. If he earned a profit of ₹ 390, find the number of oranges.

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a

300

b

250

c

260

d

380

answer is C.

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Let the number of oranges bought by him be x and also the number of bananas be x.
Cost of x oranges at the rate of ₹ 5 per orange = ₹ 5x
Cost of x bananas at the rate of ₹ 2 per banana = ₹ 2x
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