2=8x-2/9
add 2/9 to both sides
2 and 2/9=8x
2=18/9
2 and 2/9=18/9+2/9=20/9
20/9=8x
multiply both sides by 9
20=72x
divide boht isdes by 72
20/72=x=5/18
Well you could do 8 apple and 3 oranges per box since there are 64 apples and 24 oranges. You can either use trial and error to see what what values give you an answer of 8 for each amount of fruit. Or you can find the greatest common factor which happens to be 8 in this case, and divide each by that can come to the conclusion that 8 apples go into 8 boxes and 3 oranges do into 8 boxes Over all the answer would be 8 apples and oranges per each box, to have a total number of 8 boxes.
I hope this helps!
