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A women has a certain number of mangoes of which 13% are rotten she gives 75% of the remainder in charity and then has 261 left. The number of mangoes were

A1100

B1000

C1200

D1250

Answer:

C. 1200

Read Explanation:

let the number of mangoes = x (x - 13x/100) (1-75/100) = 261 87/100x * 25/100 = 261 x = (261 *100 * 100)/(87 * 25) = 1200


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