A fruit basket contains apples oranges and pears the apples weigh twice as much as the oranges and three times as much as the pears what is the ratio of the weight of the apples to the weight of the fruit in the basket
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Let weight of oranges be x and weight of pears be y.
=) Weight of apples be 2x and 3y.
Hence 2x = 3y
=) x = 3y/2 and y= 2x/3
Hence Ratio of the weight of the apples to the weight of the fruit in the basket;
= weight of apples / (weight of oranges + pears + apples)
= 2x/(x+y+2x)
= (2*3y/2) / (3y/2 + y + 2*3y/2)
= 3y/(3y/2 + y + 3y)
= 3y/11y/2
= 6y/11y
= 6/11
= 6:11 is correct answer.
Hope it's helpful to u.
=) Weight of apples be 2x and 3y.
Hence 2x = 3y
=) x = 3y/2 and y= 2x/3
Hence Ratio of the weight of the apples to the weight of the fruit in the basket;
= weight of apples / (weight of oranges + pears + apples)
= 2x/(x+y+2x)
= (2*3y/2) / (3y/2 + y + 2*3y/2)
= 3y/(3y/2 + y + 3y)
= 3y/11y/2
= 6y/11y
= 6/11
= 6:11 is correct answer.
Hope it's helpful to u.
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