Question

in a gift basket of fruit there were apples mangoes and pears. There were half as many as pears as apples there were 5fewer pears than mangoes .if there are 29 fruits altogether how many fruits of each variety are there

Answer 1

let the no. of mangoes= x
so no of pears= x-5
so no of apples= 2(x-5)
total fruits=29
x+(x-5)+2(x-5)=29
x+x-5+2x-10=29
4x-15=29
4x=29+15
4x=44
x=44/4
x=11
no of mangoes =11
no of pears=x-5
=11-5
=6
no of apples= 2(x-5)
=2(11-5)
=2(6)
=12