A basket contains 260 apples . If 15% of the apples were rotten , find the number of apples that were good enough to be sold.

Given: 

A basket contains 260 apples

15% of the apples were rotten

To do: Find the number of apples that were good enough to be sold.

Solution:
 

Total number of apples are 260.

Amount of apples that are rotten are 15%

Therefore, $15% \times 260$

$\frac{15}{100}\times260$

$\frac{15}{10}\times26$

$\frac{15\times26}{10}$

$\frac{390}{10}$

$39$

So. number of apples that were rotten are $39$

Therefore, the number of apples which were good were = $260-39= 221$

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Updated on: 10-Oct-2022

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