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At a fruit stall,4/9 of the fruits are apple .1/7 of the remaining are oranges and the rest are pears.How many fruits are there if there are 180 oranges?
 Oct 14, 2013
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that's a tricky questions!

4/9 are apples
so 5/9 are not apples
1/7 of the the not apple fruit are oranges so

1/7 * 5/9 are oranges
5/63 are oranges

5/63 of the total fruit is 180

5/63 * T = 180

T = 180 * 63 / 5
Total number of fruit is ?? You finish it and then check your answer by seeing if each part of the question is true. I haven't checked. I might have made a mistake.
 Oct 14, 2013

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