SOLUTION: A fruit salad is made up of cantaloupe, strawberries, and bananas. If a salad weighing 135 oz. contains 3oz. of bananas for every oz. of strawberries and has the same number of can

Question 67268: A fruit salad is made up of cantaloupe, strawberries, and bananas. If a salad weighing 135 oz. contains 3oz. of bananas for every oz. of strawberries and has the same number of cantaloupe as strawberries, how many oz. of banana are in the salad?
Answer by ptaylor(2198) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Le x= number of oz each of cantaloupe and strawberries
Then 3x=number of oz of bananas
strawberries+cantaloupe+bananas=135 oz
x+x+3x=135
5x=135
x=27 oz each of cantaloupe and strawberries
3x=3*27=81 oz of bananas
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81+27+27=135
135=135
3*27=81
81=81

Hope this helps----ptaylor
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