Ivan had 147 mangosteens and 110 passion fruits at first. He used
47 of the mangosteens and
35 of the passion fruits. He then bought some more passion fruits. In the end,
12 of the fruits he had left were mangosteens. How many passion fruits did he buy?
|
Mangosteens |
Passion Fruits |
Total |
Before |
147 |
110 |
|
Change 1 |
- 84 |
- 66 |
|
After 1 |
63 |
44 |
|
Change 2 |
|
+ some |
|
After 2 |
1 u |
1 u |
2 u |
Number of mangosteens that Ivan used
=
47 x 147
= 84
Number of mangosteens that Ivan had left
= 147 - 84
= 63
Number of passion fruits that Ivan used
=
35 x 110
= 66
Number of passion fruits that Ivan had left
= 110 - 66
= 44
Fraction of the fruits left that were passion fruits
= 1 -
12=
12 Number of mangosteens left = 1 u = 63
Number of passion fruits left in the end
= 1 u
= 1 x 63
= 63
Number of passion fruits that Ivan bought
= 63 - 44
= 19
Answer(s): 19