if the price of oranges was raised by 1/2k pet Orange,the number of oranges a customer can buy for #2.40 Will be less by 16 .what is the present price of an Orange.

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not quite sure what the relation is between "k" and "#"
but it seems to be saying that if the price is x, then

2.40/(x+.5) = 2.40/x - 16

Maybe you will need to adjust that a bit.