Gillian bought 34 pomegranates and 14 passion fruits on Wednesday. Each day, she ate 5 pomegranates and 1 passion fruit. She started eating her fruits on Thursday.

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

	Pomegranates	Passion Fruits
Before	34	14
Change	- 5 u	- 1 u
After	34 - 5 u	14 - 1 u

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

The number of passion fruits and pomegranates in the end is equal.

34 - 5 u = 14 - 1 u
5 u - 1 u = 34 - 14
4 u = 20

1 u = 20 ÷ 4 = 5

Gillian ate for 5 days from Thursday onwards.  At the end of Monday, there would be an equal number of pomegranates and passion fruits left.

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

Number of pomegranates left on Tuesday
= 34 - (5 x 6)
= 34 - 30
= 4

Number of passion fruits left on Tuesday
= 14 - (1 x 6)
= 14 - 6
= 8

Number of passion fruits more than pomegranates
= 8 - 4
= 4

Answer(s): (a) Monday; (b) 4