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A bag had 100 mangoes 2/5 is rotten and 1/3 of the remainder is green how many mangoes are ripe? Please show working

User Rhys
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Answer: 40

Step-by-step explanation: 100 x 2/5 =40

100-40=60

1/3 of 60 =20 green

60-20 = 40 ripe mangoes

User Todd Li
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Answer: 40 mangoes are ripe

100 ×
(2)/(5) = 60

60 ×
(1)/(3) = 40

So the correct answer is

40 ripe mangoes

User Winck
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