Rakesh yadav

Question

every day a mango seller sells half his stock, 10% of the stock overnight gets spoiled. if 1983 mangoes rotted over 3 nights then how many did hi start with on the first day ?

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Answer 1

Let  $x$  be the total number of mangoes

Days	$1$	$2$	$3$
initial mangoes	$x$	$0.45x$	$0.2025x$
sells	$0.5x$	$0.225x$	$0.10125x$
overnight remaining   [ $x - sells$ ]	$0.5x$	$0.225x$	$0.10125x$
rotten  [ $10$% got rotten]	$0.05x$	$0.0225x$	$0.010125x$
next day stock [ initial mangoes for the upcoming day]	$0.5x - 0.05x = 0.45x$	$0.2025x$

 

$0.05x + 0.0225x + 0.010125x = 1983$

 

$0.082625x = 1983$

 

$x = 24,000$