03-08-2016
Mathematics

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in a basket, there are 24 good oranges and rest are bad oranges. The ratio of good oranges to the bad oranges is 3:1, find the number of bad oranges

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03-08-2016

3/1 = 24/x...3 good oranges to 1 bad orange = 24 good to x bad
cross multiply because this is a proportion
(3)(x) = (1)(24)
3x = 24
x = 24/3
x = 8 <===bad oranges

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