Sam had 110 starfruits and 108 passion fruits at first. He used
411 of the starfruits and
56 of the passion fruits. He then bought some more passion fruits. In the end,
15 of the fruits he had left were starfruits. How many passion fruits did he buy?
|
Starfruits |
Passion Fruits |
Total |
Before |
110 |
108 |
|
Change 1 |
- 40 |
- 90 |
|
After 1 |
70 |
18 |
|
Change 2 |
|
+ some |
|
After 2 |
1 u |
4 u |
5 u |
Number of starfruits that Sam used
=
411 x 110
= 40
Number of starfruits that Sam had left
= 110 - 40
= 70
Number of passion fruits that Sam used
=
56 x 108
= 90
Number of passion fruits that Sam had left
= 108 - 90
= 18
Fraction of the fruits left that were passion fruits
= 1 -
15=
45 Number of starfruits left = 1 u = 70
Number of passion fruits left in the end
= 4 u
= 4 x 70
= 280
Number of passion fruits that Sam bought
= 280 - 18
= 262
Answer(s): 262