Question : A fruit seller had some watermelons. He sells 45% of the watermelons and still has 495 watermelons left. How many watermelons he originally had?
Option 1: 900
Option 2: 800
Option 3: 400
Option 4: 600
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Correct Answer: 900
Solution : Let the original number of watermelons as $x$. According to the problem, the fruit seller sells 45% of the watermelons, which means he still has 55% of the watermelons left. According to the question, $\frac{55x}{100} = 495$ $⇒x = \frac{495×100}{55} = 900$ Hence, the correct answer is 900.
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Question : A trader had 1200 kg. of rice. He sold a part of it at 5% profit and the rest at 11% profit, so that he made a total profit of 7%. How much (In kg) rice did he sell at 5% profit?
Option 1: 900 Kg
Option 2: 600 Kg
Option 3: 400 Kg
Option 4: 800 Kg
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Option 1: $20\%$
Option 2: $15\%$
Option 3: $12\%$
Option 4: $8\frac{1}{3}\%$
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Option 1: Rs. 300
Option 2: Rs. 600
Option 3: Rs. 400
Option 4: Rs. 500
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Option 1: 6%
Option 2: 4.5%
Option 3: 5%
Option 4: 4%
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Option 1: INR 6000
Option 2: INR 6500
Option 3: INR 5500
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