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two crates contain Apple's, pears and oranges. there are 184 apples and pears in crate one and 248 apples and oranges in the second crate. there are 3 times as many oranges as pears. how many apples are there altogether?

User MTeck
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Answer:2/6 or 33% chance of getting an apple, 3/24 or 13% of getting a pear and 13/24 or 54% chance of getting an orange hope that helps.

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User Zig Mandel
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Answer: There are 152 apples.

The explanation is shown below:

- You need to write the following three equations, where
a is the the number of apples,
p is the number of pears and
o is the number of oranges:

1)
a+p=184

2)
a+o=248

3)
o=3p

- You must substitute the equation 3) into the equation 2):


a+3p=248

- Now, you need to solve for
p in the equation 1) and then you must substitute it into
a+3p=248:


p=184-a


a+3(184-a)=248

- Solve for
a, as following:


a+552-3a=248\\-2a=-304\\a=(-304)/(-2)\\a=152

- Therefore, there are 152 apples.

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