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

"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

Let total fruits = x

Then mangoes=3/7x

Apple’s=5/14x

and guava=5

Therefore, 3/7x+5/14x+5=x

By solving the equation we get x = 70

Answer: Number of fruits in the basket is 70.

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