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Alchen [17]
2 years ago
6

The ratio of the number of pears to the number of apples in the basket was 3 : 5 After Sean ate 2 apples, there were still 2 mor

e apples than pears. How many pears were there in the basket?
Mathematics
1 answer:
Veseljchak [2.6K]2 years ago
8 0

Answer:

 6 pears

Step-by-step explanation:

The difference in the number of ratio units is 5-3 = 2. This corresponds to an original difference of 2+2 = 4, so each ratio unit represents 2 pieces of fruit.

The original ratio is ...

  6 pears : 10 apples

There were 6 pears in the basket.

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