Question

pierre makes a fruit salad using melon mango and kiwi fruit. for every melon mango and kiwi. fir every melon he uses 2 mangoes and 5 kiwi fruits. he uses 16 fruits altogether. how many kiwi fruits does he use?

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Let melon be x

Mangoes are 2 + x

Kiwis are 5 + x

So..... x + 2 + x + 5 + x = 16

7 + 3x = 16

3x = 9

x = 3

Remember that kiwis are 5 + x

But now that we’ve found x which is 3 you can do 5 + 3 which will give you...

8 kiwi fruits

Hope this helps!