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The ratio of apples to bananas in a bowl of fruit is 2:5 if there are 49 total pieces of fruit in the bowl how many are apples

The ratio of apples to bananas in a bowl of fruit is 2:5 if there are 49 total pieces-example-1

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14 apples because altogether the ratio adds up to 7 and 49/7=7 so we could rewrite the ratio as 2x:5x so x=7. there for 2x ,the number of apples is 14

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