A fruit seller buys 240 apples for ₹600. Some of these apples are bad and are thrown away. He sells the remaining apples at ₹3.50 each and makes a profit of ₹198. The percentage of apples thrown away are:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
C.P. ⇒ 600
Profit ⇒ 198
Therefore, S.P. ⇒ 798
No. of apples (sold) ⇒ \(\frac{798}{3.5}\) ⇒ 228
Apple purchased = 240
No. of apple thrown away = 240 - 228 = 12
Percentage of apples thrown away = \(\frac{12}{240}\) × 100 ⇒ 5%