A vendor sells 60 pieces of fruit that are either apples or oranges. The ratio of apples to oranges is 3: 2. How many apples did

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Tatiana [17]

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A vendor sells 60 pieces of fruit that are either apples or oranges. The ratio of apples to oranges is 3: 2. How many apples did

the vendor sell? How many oranges did the vendor sell?

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amid [387] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-11T15:50:50+03:00

amid [387]3 years ago

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36 apples, 24 oranges

For this, each 'group' contains 5 fruits; three are apples; two are oranges. Take 60/5 is 12. then multiply 12 by each number of apples and oranges in each group, getting 36 apples and 24 oranges.