Problema Solution
A trader bought some oranges at 5cents each and found out that 6 of them were rotten and sold the rest at 8cents each and made a profit of $4.50..how many oranges did he buy
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Let 'x' represent the number of oranges that the trader bought.
Since 6 oranges were rotten he sold 'x- 6' oranges.
The profit that he earned is:
8(x - 6) - 5x = 450 (since $4.50 = 450 cents)
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x = 166 oranges
The trader bought 166 oranges.