Question

In a basket,3/7 of the fruits were mangoes, 5/14 of the fruits were apples and the remaining were guavas. If the number of Gauvas were 15,find out how many fruits were there in the basket.

Answer 1

let total fruits = x
then mangoes=3/7x
apple's=5/14x
and guava=5
therefore, 3/7x+5/14x+5=x

Answer 2

70 total number of fruits are 70 firstly add mango and apples and then subtract it from 1 then you got the value of guavas that will come 3/14
then 3/14x=15
then x=15×14/3
x=70