Question

Matthew made a fruit salad, in which the ratio of blueberries to red grapes is 8:6. If Matthew used 36 red grapes and the rest were blueberries. How many pieces of fruit are in Matthew’s fruit salad? [Type your answer as a number.]

Answer 1

Answer:   84

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : Matthew made a fruit salad, in which the ratio of blueberries to red grapes is 8:6.

It can be written as $\dfrac{8}{6}$    (1)

Matthew used 36 red grapes and the rest were blueberries.

Let x be the number of blueberries.

Then, the ratio of blueberries to red grapes =$\dfrac{x}{36}$      (2)

Now, from (1) and (2) , we have

$\dfrac{8}{6}=\dfrac{x}{36}\\\\\Rightarrow\ x=\dfrac{36\times8}{6}\\\\\Rightarrow\ x=48$

i.e. Number of blueberries =48

Thus, the number of pieces of fruit are in Matthew’s fruit salad =48+36=84

Hence, number of pieces of fruit are in Matthew’s fruit salad=84

Answer 2

The answer is 84 in total , and there is a total of 48 blue berries .