Kimberly bought 34 mangoes and 19 persimmons on Tuesday. Each day, she ate 4 mangoes and 1 persimmon. She started eating her fruits on Wednesday.

1. At the end of which day would there be an equal number of mangoes and persimmons left? Give your answer in the following format. (Eg Monday)
2. How many more persimmons than mangoes were there on Monday?

	Mangoes	Persimmons
Before	34	19
Change	- 4 u	- 1 u
After	34 - 4 u	19 - 1 u

(a)
Let the number of days be 1 u.

The number of persimmons and mangoes in the end is equal.

34 - 4 u = 19 - 1 u
4 u - 1 u = 34 - 19
3 u = 15

1 u = 15 ÷ 3 = 5

Kimberly ate for 5 days from Wednesday onwards.  At the end of Sunday, there would be an equal number of mangoes and persimmons left.

(b)
Number of days from Wednesday to Monday = 6

Number of mangoes left on Monday
= 34 - (4 x 6)
= 34 - 24
= 10

Number of persimmons left on Monday
= 19 - (1 x 6)
= 19 - 6
= 13

Number of persimmons more than mangoes
= 13 - 10
= 3

Answer(s): (a) Sunday; (b) 3