One basket of oranges has one-third again as many oranges as a second basket. If the first basket has 3 more oranges than the second basket,how many has the first basket?

2 answers

If the first basket has x and the second has y,

x = 4/3 y
x = y+3

x = 4/3 (x-3)
x = 4/3 x - 4
1/3 x = 4
x = 12
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