Answer:
60%
Step-by-step explanation:
You divide the amount spent on fruit ($35) by the total ($60) ((35/60= ?)) to get 0.6 which also makes it 60.
hope this helps

My Work/Reasoning:
First we find the sum of 1/3 and 1/5.

Then, we find the multiplicative inverse, I guess it's also known as the reciprocal.

turns into

Finally, we simplify.
He started with 17 quarter's. He had a certain number of quarters he added to his collection each day, on day two he had 26, and two days later he had 35, meaning he increased the amount of quarters my 9 over two day's, so I subtracted 9 from 26 because if you do you can remove the quarters he added in from the ones he started with, so the answer is: He started with 17.