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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