Jeremy had 147 persimmons and 132 passion fruits at first. He used
57 of the persimmons and
56 of the passion fruits. He then bought some more passion fruits. In the end,
16 of the fruits he had left were persimmons. How many passion fruits did he buy?
|
Persimmons |
Passion Fruits |
Total |
Before |
147 |
132 |
|
Change 1 |
- 105 |
- 110 |
|
After 1 |
42 |
22 |
|
Change 2 |
|
+ some |
|
After 2 |
1 u |
5 u |
6 u |
Number of persimmons that Jeremy used
=
57 x 147
= 105
Number of persimmons that Jeremy had left
= 147 - 105
= 42
Number of passion fruits that Jeremy used
=
56 x 132
= 110
Number of passion fruits that Jeremy had left
= 132 - 110
= 22
Fraction of the fruits left that were passion fruits
= 1 -
16=
56 Number of persimmons left = 1 u = 42
Number of passion fruits left in the end
= 5 u
= 5 x 42
= 210
Number of passion fruits that Jeremy bought
= 210 - 22
= 188
Answer(s): 188