Glen had 88 passion fruits and 160 mangosteens at first. He used
411 of the passion fruits and
35 of the mangosteens. He then bought some more mangosteens. In the end,
13 of the fruits he had left were passion fruits. How many mangosteens did he buy?
|
Passion Fruits |
Mangosteens |
Total |
Before |
88 |
160 |
|
Change 1 |
- 32 |
- 96 |
|
After 1 |
56 |
64 |
|
Change 2 |
|
+ some |
|
After 2 |
1 u |
2 u |
3 u |
Number of passion fruits that Glen used
=
411 x 88
= 32
Number of passion fruits that Glen had left
= 88 - 32
= 56
Number of mangosteens that Glen used
=
35 x 160
= 96
Number of mangosteens that Glen had left
= 160 - 96
= 64
Fraction of the fruits left that were mangosteens
= 1 -
13=
23 Number of passion fruits left = 1 u = 56
Number of mangosteens left in the end
= 2 u
= 2 x 56
= 112
Number of mangosteens that Glen bought
= 112 - 64
= 48
Answer(s): 48