Homework Help: math

Posted by May on Sunday, February 3, 2013 at 4:11pm.

A fruit seller has an equal number of apples and oranges. He sold 109 oranges and 45 apples.The number of apples left is 5 times the number of oranges left. What is the total number of fruit he had first?

math - PsyDAG, Sunday, February 3, 2013 at 4:25pm
Let x = number of apples/oranges

5(x-109) = x-45

Solve for x and then multiply by 2.

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