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:

5%

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%