A fruit-seller sold
56 of his passion fruits in the morning and
57 of his remaining passion fruits in the afternoon. If he had 36 passion fruits at the end of the day, find the total number of passion fruits he had at first.
| Morning |
Remaining passion fruits |
Total |
| 5x7 |
1x7 |
6x7 |
| |
Afternoon |
Left |
|
| |
5 |
2 |
|
| 35 u |
5 u |
2 u |
42 u |
Fraction of the passion fruits not sold in the morning
= 1 - 56
= 16
Number of passion fruits left = 2 u
2 u = 36
1 u = 36 ÷ 2 = 18
Total number of passion fruits
= 42 u
= 42 x 18
= 756
Answer(s): 756
