SOLUTION: Ali had 252 oranges and some apples. He used {{{3/4}}} of his oranges to make orange juice. The ratio of the number of oranges to the number of apples was {{{7: 13}}} in the end

Question 1184624: Ali had 252 oranges and some apples. He used of his oranges to make orange
juice. The ratio of the number of oranges to the number of apples was in the
end.
a) How many apples did Ali have at first?
b) What was the ratio of the number of oranges to the number of apples at first?
Give your answer in the simplest form.
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, MathLover1:
Answer by ikleyn(52847)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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I will give a simple hint to you:

                3/4 of 252 oranges is = 189 oranges.

So, after he used 189 oranges to make orange juice,   252-189 = 63 oranges left.

Having this hint,   EVERYBODY   can easily do the rest.

Happy calculations !

Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

a) How many apples did Ali have at first?
let the number of apples be and the number of oranges
.........eq.1
if he used 3/4 of his oranges:

remaining number of oranges is

if the ratio of the number of oranges to the number of apples was in the
end:

b) What was the ratio of the number of oranges to the number of apples at first?
at first the number of oranges was

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