Question

A fruit basket contains apples and oranges in the ratio 2:5. What fraction of the fruits in the basket are Apples , if the basket contains only apples and oranges?

A) 2/3
B) 2/5
C) 2/7
D) 3/5​

Answer 1

Answer:

the answer is two by five

Answer 2

c)$\frac{2}{7}$ , is the fraction of fruits that are apples in the basket.

Step by step calculation

Given data:

The ratio of apples to oranges is: $2$$:5$

Formula to be used:

$\frac{x}{y}$

where:$x=$original number of apples.

$y=$total number of fruits in the basket

To find:

We must find the fraction of fruits in the basket that are apples.

Solution

Given that the ratio of apples to oranges is $2:5$, we can see that the original number of apples is $2$.

hence, $x=2$

the total number of fruits can be found by adding the two numbers in the ratio.

$y=2+5$

$y=7$

Then, the fraction of apples in the basket is given by :

$\frac{x}{y} =$$\frac{2}{7}$

Therefore, the fraction of apples in the basket is $\frac{2}{7}$

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