A woman bought some oranges and 30% of them were bad. If there were 60 bad oranges, how many oranges did she buy

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Let's assume the total number of oranges the women bought was "x".

According to the question, 30% of the oranges bought were bad.

So, the number of bad oranges is given as 0.3x

Also, as per the question, there are 60 bad oranges.

Hence,

0.3x = 60

x = 60 / 0.3

x = 200

Therefore, the women bought 200 oranges.