Question

n a basket of fruit, 5/6 of the pieces of fruit are apples. There are 20 apples in the display. The equation 5/6f= 20 can be used to find how many pieces of fruit f are the basket. Use words and numbers to explain how to solve the equation to find how many pieces of fruit are in the basket.

Answer 1

Explanation:

5/6f=20apples. that means the total number of fruits is 6/6 which is whole thus

if 5/6=20

6/6=?

that is 6/6x20 divide by 5/6

=24fruits