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Tia owns a fruit shop and is selling a fresh lot of apples and oranges. She wants the ratio of apples to oranges sold to be 5 to 2. Tia wants to sell a total of 49 apples and or…

Tia owns a fruit shop and is selling a fresh lot of apples and oranges. She wants the ratio of apples to oranges sold to be 5 to 2. Tia wants to sell a total of 49 apples and or…
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Tia owns a fruit shop and is selling a fresh lot of apples and oranges. She wants the ratio of apples to oranges sold to be 5 to 2. Tia wants to sell a total of 49 apples and oranges. How many apples should she sell?

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Answer: she would sell 24 apples

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User Ebin Joy
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5x+2x=49
7x=49
x=7. 35 apples
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