Question

A famer ships 4 times as many orange as tangerine.The famer ship 8,260 oranges.How many tangerines does he ship?Write an equation.Then Solve

Answer 1

let x be the no. of oranges and y be the no. of tangerine.

From question, we get,
4y = x
=> 4y = 8260
=> y = 8260/4
=> y = 2065
Therefore, the farmer shipped 2065 tangerines