Answer:
Barry had the following:
8 bananas
12 apples
20 kiwi
32 peaches
8 grapefruit
4 mangos
88 total
Step-by-step explanation:
Each of the amounts of fruit can be written in terms of one variable. Starting with bananas as 'x', we can then make different values of 'x' to produce all the other numbers of fruits:
bananas = x
apples = 2x (twice as many bananas)
kiwi = 2.5x (5/6 of applies and bananas combined = 5/6(3x) or 2.5x)
peaches = 3.5x + 4 (sum of bananas and kiwis plus four = x + 2.5x + 4)
grapefruit = x (half as many apples = 2x/2)
mango = 0.5x (20% of kiwi = (0.2)(2.5)x)
88 = x + 2x + 2.5x + 3.5x + 4 + x + 0.5x
88 = 10.5x
8 = x (bananas)
apples = 2x or 16; kiwi = 2.5x or 20, peaches = 3.5x + 4 = 32, grapefruit = x or 8, mangos = 0.5x or 4
Lets smaller number is x
<span>The greater number is 8 more than the smaller number : x + 8
</span><span>The sum of two numbers is 72: x +( x + 8)= 72
answer
</span><span>x + (x + 8) = 72</span>
-10, I believe that is the answer.
