A fruit-seller sold
47 of his dragonfruits in the morning and
59 of his remaining dragonfruits in the afternoon. If he had 40 dragonfruits at the end of the day, find the total number of dragonfruits he had at first.
| Morning |
Remaining dragonfruits |
Total |
| 4x3 |
3x3 |
7x3 |
| |
Afternoon |
Left |
|
| |
5 |
4 |
|
| 12 u |
5 u |
4 u |
21 u |
Fraction of the dragonfruits not sold in the morning
= 1 - 47
= 37
Number of dragonfruits left = 4 u
4 u = 40
1 u = 40 ÷ 4 = 10
Total number of dragonfruits
= 21 u
= 21 x 10
= 210
Answer(s): 210
