Question

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 4 to 2. Tia wants to sell a total of 54 apples and oranges. How many apples should she sell?

Answer 1

36 apples and 18 oranges

Explanation:

4x+2x=54

6x=54

x=54/6

x=9

Apples=4x=36

Oranges=2x=18