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A fruit seller has certain number of oranges. He divides them into two lots A and B. He sells the lotA at 3 oranges for Rs. 2 and the lot B at 1 oranges for Rs. 1. Thus he gets Rs. 400, if he had sold the first lot at 1 oranges for Rs. 1 and the second lot B at 5 oranges for Rs. 4, he would have got Rs. 460. Find the total number of oranges.

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To solve the problem step by step, we will define the variables, set up equations based on the information provided, and then solve those equations. ### Step 1: Define the Variables Let: - \( x \) = number of oranges in lot A - \( y \) = number of oranges in lot B ### Step 2: Set Up the First Equation ...
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