Question

Mr. Gomez has two kinds of fruit in his basket. The ratio of apples to oranges in the basket is 2:5If there are 10 apples , how many pieces of fruit are in the basket?A. 25B. 5C. 35D. 15

Answer 1

The ratio of apples to oranges is 2 : 5.

There are 10 apples, this means 10 is represented by the ratio of 2/7, while oranges is represnted by 5/7. Let the total number of fruits be represented by x. We'll now have

$\begin{gathered} \frac{2}{7}=\frac{10}{x} \\ \text{Cross multiply and we have} \\ x=\frac{7\times10}{2} \\ x=\frac{70}{2} \\ x=35 \end{gathered}$

The total number of fruits is 35

The correct answer is option C