Three eighths of the fruit in a basket are oranges. 2/5 of the remainder are mangoes while the rest are apples. If they are 24...

      

Three eighths of the fruit in a basket are oranges. 2/5 of the remainder are mangoes while the rest are apples. If they are 24 apples in the basket, how many fruits are there altogether

  

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Dana
The fraction of mangoes and apples is 1 - 3/8 = 5/8
The fraction of mangoes is 2/5 × 5/8 = 1/4
The fraction of apples is 1 -(3/8 + 1/4) = 3/8
The total number of fruits altogether is 1 × 24 × 8/3 = 64
Dana05 answered the question on October 16, 2019 at 11:37


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