+58 1/3 of the 6 dozen fruits in a fruit seller's cost are apples. If 1/4 of all the fruits are oranges & the rest are bananas, how many dozen bananas are there in the fruit seller cart?
1/3 of the 6 dozen fruits in a fruit seller's cost are apples. If 1/4 of all the fruits are oranges & the rest are bananas, how many dozen bananas are there in the fruit seller cart?
So, rewording the problem, 1/3 • 6 dozen fruits = 2.0 dozen fruits are apples
1/4 • 6 dozen fruits = 1.5 dozen fruits are oranges
We see that the apples + the oranges = 3.5 dozen fruits that are not bananas
Therefore, the bananas are (6.0 dozen – 3.5 dozen) = 2.5 dozen that are bananas
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