Question

three boxes under my stairs contain apples or pears are both each box contains the same number of pieces of fruit the first box contains all 12 of the apples and 1 /9th of the pears how much of the fruit are there in each box​

Answer 1

There are 16 fruits in each of the boxes found under the stairs.

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An equation is an expression used to show the relationship between two or more numbers and variables.

Let x represent the number of pears, hence:

Number of fruit in first box = 12 + (1/9)x

Number of fruit in second box = number of fruit in third box = (8/9)x ÷ 2 = (4/9)x

Therefore:

12 + (1/9)x = (4/9)x

x = 36

First box = second box = third box = (4/9) * 36 = 16

There are 16 fruits in each of the boxes found under the stairs.

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