Question

A crate of oranges contains one bruised mango for every forty oranges in the crate. If three out of every four bruised oranges are considerably unsalable and there are 12 unsalable oranges in the crate then how many oranges is there in the crate?

Answer 1

Answer:

640 oranges in the crate

Step-by-step explanation:

Unsalable bruised oranges : Bruised oranges = 3 : 4

Unsalable bruised oranges = 12

Bruised oranges = Unsalable bruised oranges × 4 / 3 = 12 × 4 / 3 = 16

Bruised oranges : Oranges = 1 : 40

Oranges = Bruised oranges × 40 / 1 = 16 × 40 / 1 = 640