Question

A greengrocer makes a stack of 45 melons and 60 grapefruits. He wants to make a mini version of the stack but only has 24 grapefruits. How many melons does he need to make the stacks similar?

Answer 1

18 melon

Explanation:

Given :

Original stack :

Melon = 45

Grape fruits = 60

Mini version :

Grapefruit = 24

Using grapefruit ; we can obtain the scale factor;

60 : 24 = 2.5 : 1

Hence,

Amount of melon in the mini version is :

45 / 2.5

= 18