Question
Three hours ago, a stallholder started his day with some pears and passion fruits in the ratio of 8 : 3. There were 90 passion fruits. Some of the pears were bought by Emily. As a result, the number of pears became 45 of the passion fruits.
  1. How many pears did the stallholder have left?
  2. How many pears did the stallholder have to buy in order to have an equal number of pears and passion fruits?
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Three hours ago, a stallholder started his day with some pears and passion fruits in the ratio of 8 : 3. There were 90 passion fruits. Some of the pears were bought by Emily. As a result, the number of pears became 45 of the passion fruits.
  1. How many pears did the stallholder have left?
  2. How many pears did the stallholder have to buy in order to have an equal number of pears and passion fruits?