A basket contains 16 pieces of fruit .1/4 are bananas, 1/2 are apples and the rest are oranges. How many oranges are there?

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$x-\ number \of\ oranges\\\\ x=16-((1)/(4)*16+(1)/(2)*16)\\\\ x=16-(4+8)\\\\x=16-12=4\\\\ There\ are\ 4\ oranges.$

Joao Gavazzi answered Jun 13, 2015

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