A store owner has 130 more oranges than soursops. After he sold 80% of the oranges and 30% of the soursops, he is left 19 more soursops than oranges. What fraction of the fruits left were soursops?

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A store owner has 130 more oranges than soursops. After he sold 80% of the oranges and 30% of the soursops, he is left 19 more soursops than oranges. What fraction of the fruits left were soursops?

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Answer 1

Anonymous answered
2 years ago

Let the number of soursops be x.

Before sold:
orange: x + 130
soursops: x
After sold:
(1 - 30%)x - (1 - 80%) (x + 130) = 19
0.7x - 0.2x - 26 = 19
0.5x = 45
x = 90
Left: orange:
(1 - 80%) (x + 130)
= 0.2 * 220 = 44
soursop: (1 - 30%)x = 0.7 * 90 = 63
63/(44 + 63) = 63/107
The fractions is 63/107.