Question

Barry bought a box full of fruit. The box contained some apples, oranges and lemons in the ratio
5: 3: 1.Given that there were more than 50 pieces of fruit in the box, work out the minimum
number of oranges in the box

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

let the apples ,oranges and lemons be 5x,3x and x

so so 5x+3x+x= 9x

so total number should be multiple of 9 so

54 are the total number (minimum number of fruits)

so oranges = 3/9 *54 = 18 oranges