Question

I bought apples and bananas at the store in a ratio of 3 apples to 4 bananas. If I bought 6 more bananas than apples, how many total pieces of fruit did I buy

Answer 1

42

Explanation:

The difference in ratio units is 1, which corresponds to a difference in fruit count of 6. So the total of 7 ratio units must represent 7×6 = 42 pieces of fruit.

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Working it out as to type of fruit, that would be 18 apples and 24 bananas.