A grocer sells apples for $1.35 each, pears for $1.45 each, and oranges for $1.60 each. She also offers a discount of 70c for anyone who buys two pieces of fruit, and a discount of $1.60 for anyone who buys three pieces of fruit. One day she sells 50 pieces of each type of fruit, for a total of $202. How many customers did she have, assuming each customer bought 1,2 or 3 pieces of fruit?

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Apple+Orange+Pineapple = $202
Under the primary principle of Diophantine, each fruit will fall under the peillian equations meaning the people had ((202/2*2^4)/128)+0.5
= 51