George went to a fruit market with certain amount of money. With this money he can buy either 50 oranges or 40 mangoes. He retains 5% of the money for taxi fare and buys 25 mangoes. How many oranges can he buy?
Choose the most appropriate option:
A) 25
B) 30
C) 20
D) 22.5
E) 12
Let the amount of money be 200   Let cost of 1 Orange be 4   Let cost of 1 mango be 5   He decides to retain 5% of 200 = 10 for taxi fare, so he is left with 190   He buys 20 mangoes ( @ 5) so he spends 100   Money left is 90 (190 - 100)   No of oranges he can buy = 90/4 =&gt;22,5   So, George can buy 20 Oranges.   22.5
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George went to a fruit market with certain amount of money. With this money he can buy either 50 oranges or 40 mangoes. He retains 5% of the money for taxi fare and buys 25 mangoes. How many oranges can he buy?