Question

Andrew’s fruit shop had a total of 295 apples and pears. He sold 1/3 of the pears and bought another 50 apples. in the end, there was an equal number of apples and pears in the shop. How many more pears than apples were there in the shop at first.

Answer 1

at the start:
number of apples --- x
number of pears ---- 295-x

after transaction he has:
number of apples = 2x/3
number of pears = 295-x + 50 = 345 - x
they are the same, so ...
2x/3 = 345 - x
5x/3 = 345
x = 207

so at the start he had 207 apples, and 88 pears.
State your conclusion

Answer 2

Incorrect answer. Respond back

Answer 3

It’s correct

Answer 4

Actually I read it as:

He sold 1/3 of the apples and bought another 50 pears, so I had
the fruits backwards.

I think it would be a great learning experience if you corrected my
post. Let me know what the correct answer is that you got.

Answer 5

It was 119 but your corrct