Raju, Radha and Maya were distributing sweets. Maya asked how many sweets they had distributed. Raju said that they had distributed 160 sweets and Radha said that they had distributed 20% of the sweets. Then, what was the total number of sweets to be distributed?

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Solution

The correct option is A 840
Suppose there were 'n' number of sweets to be distributed. From Raju's and Radha's reply, it is clear that 20% of n is 160.
So, 20% of n = $n \times \frac{20}{100} = 160$
$\frac{n}{5} = 160$
$n = 160 \times 5 = 800$

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Raju, Radha and Maya were distributing sweets. Maya asked how many sweets they had distributed. Raju said that they had distributed 160 sweets and Radha said that they had distributed 20% of the sweets. Then, what was the total number of sweets to be distributed?

The correct option is A 840Suppose there were 'n' number of sweets to be distributed. From Raju's and Radha's reply, it is clear that 20% of n is 160. So, 20% of n = n ×20100=160 n5=160 n=160×5=800

The correct option is A 840
Suppose there were 'n' number of sweets to be distributed. From Raju's and Radha's reply, it is clear that 20% of n is 160.
So, 20% of n = $n \times \frac{20}{100} = 160$
$\frac{n}{5} = 160$
$n = 160 \times 5 = 800$