The difference between a number and its three-fifth is 50.
What is the number?

(a) 75

(b) 100

(c) 125

(d) 80

(e) None of these

Answer Posted / girija

Let the number be X,
then, (X-3/5X)=50
X(1-3/5)=50
X(2/5)=50
X=50(5/2)
X=250/2
So,X=125

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