The difference between a number and its three-fifths is 50. What is the number? · ABC26GN1650

Subject: General Aptitude · Chapter: Problems on Numbers

The difference between a number and its three-fifths is 50 . What is the number?

(a)75

(b)100

(c)125

(d)None of these

Answer

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Explanation

Let the number be $x$. Then, $x-\frac{3}{5} x=50 \Leftrightarrow \frac{2}{5} x=50$ $$\Leftrightarrow x=\left(\frac{50 \times 5}{2}\right)=125 .$$

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