A fruit-seller sold
59 of his passion fruits in the morning and
38 of his remaining passion fruits in the afternoon. If he had 25 passion fruits at the end of the day, find the total number of passion fruits he had at first.
| Morning |
Remaining passion fruits |
Total |
| 5x2 |
4x2 |
9x2 |
| |
Afternoon |
Left |
|
| |
3 |
5 |
|
| 10 u |
3 u |
5 u |
18 u |
Fraction of the passion fruits not sold in the morning
= 1 - 59
= 49
Number of passion fruits left = 5 u
5 u = 25
1 u = 25 ÷ 5 = 5
Total number of passion fruits
= 18 u
= 18 x 5
= 90
Answer(s): 90
