Question

One day at a supermarket, 258 fruits were sold in the morning, and 5/6 of the number of fruits sold in the morning were sold in the afternoon increased by 20% compared to the number of fruits sold in the afternoon increased by 20% compared to the number of the fruits sold in the afternoon the next day.

Answer 1

258 fruits.

Explanation:

We have been given that one day at a supermarket, 258 fruits were sold in the morning, and 5/6 of the number of fruits sold in the morning were sold in the afternoon.

So the fruits sold in the afternoon will be 5/6 of 258.

`\text{The number of fruits sold in afternoon}=(5)/(6)* 258`

`\text{The number of fruits sold in afternoon}=5* 43`

`\text{The number of fruits sold in afternoon}=215`.

Further, we are told that the number of fruits sold in the next afternoon increased by 20% compared to the number of fruits sold in the afternoon the previous day.

So the number of fruits sold in the next afternoon will be:

`\text{The number of fruits sold in next afternoon}=215+((20)/(100)* 215)`

`\text{The number of fruits sold in next afternoon}=215+(0.20* 215)`

`\text{The number of fruits sold in next afternoon}=215+43`

`\text{The number of fruits sold in next afternoon}=258`

Therefore, 258 fruits were sold in the afternoon the next day.