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A fruit seller had some oranges. He sells $30 %$ oranges and still has $140$ oranges. Originally he had:

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Suppose originally he had $x$ oranges.
Then, $(100 - 30) %$ of $x$ $= 140$ .
$\frac{70}{100} x$ $= 140$

$x = \frac{(140 \times 100)}{70}$ $= 200.$

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