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GATE 2016
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In a huge pile of apples and oranges, both ripe and unripe mixed together, 15% are unripe fruits. Of the unripe fruits, 45% are apples. Of the ripe ones, 66% are oranges. If the pile contains a total of 5692000 fruits, how many of them are apples?
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Explanation
Unripe fruits = 15% of 5,692,000 = 853,800. Unripe apples = 45% of 853,800 = 384,210. Ripe fruits = 85% of 5,692,000 = 4,838,200. Since 66% of ripe fruits are oranges, 34% are apples: 0.34 x 4,838,200 = 1,644,988 ripe apples. Total apples = 384,210 + 1,644,988 = 2,029,198.
Source: GATE ME 2016 Set-1 (2016)
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