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A fruit seller after purchasing a basket of mangoes saw that some fruits are rotten. He incurred a loss of after selling the rest of the mangoes at . How much money did he spend in purchasing the basket of mangoes?

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D

Solution & Step-by-step Explanation

Let the cost price () spent on purchasing the basket of mangoes be .
The fruit seller faces a loss of , which means the selling price () is of the cost price.

Given :







Dividing by :





Therefore, he spent on the purchase.

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A fruit seller after purchasing a basket of mangoes saw that some fruits are rotten. He incurred a loss of after selling the rest of the mangoes at . How much money did he spend in purchasing the basket of mangoes?
A
B
C
D

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