Question

9. A group of people were asked to choose their favourite fruit. One-fourth choose apple, one-third choose
banana,two-fifth choose orange and three people choose litchi. How many people were there in the group?​

Answer 1

Answer:

180 people

Step-by-step explanation:

We get the number of people choosing their fruits to be x/4, x/3 and 2x/5

Total sum of people=59x/60.

Thus the no. of people choosing litchi will be x/60

x/60=3

x=180.

Thus the no. of people in the group are 180.

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