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A basket had 15 mangoes. A monkey came and took

away two-fifths of the mangoes. How many mangoes
were left in the basket

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Total mangoes: 15

Leftover mangoes after monkey took two fifth:

2/5 * 15

= 6

So, two-fifths of the mangoes are 6.

Now calculating leftover:

15 - 6

= 9 mangoes(ANSWER)

User Alan Turing
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The correct answer is 20
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