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  1. In a huge pile of apples and oranges, both ripe and unripe mixed together, 15% are unripe fruits. Of the unripe fruits, 45% are apples. Of the ripe ones, 66% are oranges. If the pile contains a total of 5692000 fruits, how many of them are apples?
    1. 2029198
    2. 2467482
    3. 2789080
    4. 3577422
Correct Option: A

Total no. of fruits = 5692000
Unripe type of apples = 45% of 15% of 5692000

=
45
×
45
× 5692000
100100

= 384210
Ripe type of apples =
34
×
85
× 5692000
100100

= 1644988
∴ Total number of apples = 384210 + 1644988 = 2029198



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