Kathy bought 32 pomegranates and 17 mangoes on Friday. Each day, she ate 4 pomegranates and 1 mango. She started eating her fruits on Saturday.

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

	Pomegranates	Mangoes
Before	32	17
Change	- 4 u	- 1 u
After	32 - 4 u	17 - 1 u

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

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

32 - 4 u = 17 - 1 u
4 u - 1 u = 32 - 17
3 u = 15

1 u = 15 ÷ 3 = 5

Kathy ate for 5 days from Saturday onwards.  At the end of Wednesday, there would be an equal number of pomegranates and mangoes left.

(b)
Number of days from Saturday to Thursday = 6

Number of pomegranates left on Thursday
= 32 - (4 x 6)
= 32 - 24
= 8

Number of mangoes left on Thursday
= 17 - (1 x 6)
= 17 - 6
= 11

Number of mangoes more than pomegranates
= 11 - 8
= 3

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