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A Stationery seller had some Pens, Sharpeners, Erasers & Pencils. He sells $65 %$ of the total units and still has $175$ units. Originally he had

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Suppose originally he had $x$ units.
Then, $(100 - 65) %$ of $x = 175$ .
$\frac{35}{100} \times x$ = $175$

$x = 500$

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