Question

A fruit recipe requires 2 apples and 3 Mangoes.A baker has 37 Mangoes.What is the smallest number of apples he will need to bake as many fruit tarts as possible?
37/3 = 12 tarts will use as many mangoes as possible
so, he will need 12*2 apples
3/2 = 37/A.
3A = 74,
A = 74/3 = 24 2/3 apples or 25 apples, min.

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