A fruit seller had 450 apples and pears.He sold 1/2 of the apples and 1/4 of the pears. He had a total of 265 apples and pears lefty How

many more apples than pears did he have at first.

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Just write down in symbols what they told you. If there are a apples and p pears, then

a+p = 450
(1/2)a + (3/4)p = 265

a=290
p=160

a-p = 130
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