Question

A fruit seller has a stock of mangoes, bananas and apples with at least one fruit of each type. At the beginning of a day, the number of mangoes make up 40% of his stock. That day, he sells half of the mangoes, 96 bananas and 40% of the apples. At the end of the day, he ends up selling 50% of the fruits. The smallest possible total number of fruits in the stock at the beginning of the day is:

• A. 345
• B. 340
• C. 448
• D. 225
• E. 196

Hint:

Set up equations based on percentages and the condition that all quantities must be integers. Use the divisibility constraints to find the minimum value.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B