SOLUTION: A fruit seller had a collection of apples, pears, and oranges. Initially, 1/4 of the fruits were apples. He sold 80 apples and 1/3 of the pears. After this, he bought more oranges,

Question 1210590: A fruit seller had a collection of apples, pears, and oranges. Initially, 1/4 of the fruits were apples. He sold 80 apples and 1/3 of the pears. After this, he bought more oranges, increasing the number of oranges by 60%. At this point, the number of pears he had left was twice the number of apples he had left. Finally, he realized that the total number of fruits he had now was exactly 20% more than the total number he started with. How many oranges did the fruit seller have at the very beginning?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39790) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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240 oranges
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