Question

A fruit market sells mangoes and apricots in the ratio 3 : 2

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If their sales of mangoes and apricots combined came to 45, how many apricots did they sell?

Answer 1

it would be 9:5 so 9 and 5

Answer 2

Let’s solve this problem step by step.

The ratio of mangoes to apricots sold is 3:2. This means that for every 3 mangoes sold, 2 apricots were sold. The total ratio is 3 + 2 = 5.

If the total sales of mangoes and apricots combined came to 45, then each part of the ratio represents 45/5 = 9 fruits.

Since the ratio of apricots sold is 2 parts out of the total ratio of 5 parts, the number of apricots sold would be 9 * 2 = 18.

So they sold 18 apricots.