Question

The pupils followed the teacher to visit a fruit farm last week. There were 5636 apples and peaches in the farm. There were 528 more peaches than apples. How many peaches were there? 2812 peaches

Answer 1

There were 3082 peaches.

Explanation:

This question can be solved using a system of equations.

I am going to say that:

x is the number of peaches.

y is the number of apples.

There were 5636 apples and peaches in the farm.

This means that
`x + y = 5636`

There were 528 more peaches than apples.

So, 528 less apples that peaches, which means that:

`y = x - 528`

Replacing in the first equation:

`x + y = 5636`

`x + x - 528 = 5636`

`2x = 6164`

`x = (6164)/(2)`

`x = 3082`

There were 3082 peaches.