document.write( "Question 72956: set up and solve: There are 24 pieces of fruit in a basket. There are twice as many apples as pears. There were four fewer oranges than pears. How many of each fruit were in the basket? \n" ); document.write( "
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set up and solve: There are 24 pieces of fruit in a basket. There are twice as many apples as pears. There were four fewer oranges than pears. How many of each fruit were in the basket?
\n" ); document.write( "Let pears be: x
\n" ); document.write( "Then apples are:2x
\n" ); document.write( "Then oranges are: x-4
\n" ); document.write( "The total is: 24
\n" ); document.write( "pears+apples+oranges=total
\n" ); document.write( "Problem to solve is:
\n" ); document.write( "(x)+(2x)+(x-4)=24
\n" ); document.write( "x+2x+x-4=24
\n" ); document.write( "4x-4=24
\n" ); document.write( "4x-4+4=24+4
\n" ); document.write( "4x=28
\n" ); document.write( "4x/4=28/4
\n" ); document.write( "x=7
\n" ); document.write( "Pears: x=7
\n" ); document.write( "Apples: 2x=2(7)=14
\n" ); document.write( "Oranges: x-4=7-4=3
\n" ); document.write( ":
\n" ); document.write( "Sanity check, if you add all the fruit together, do you get 24?
\n" ); document.write( "7+14+3=24 Yes!!!!
\n" ); document.write( "Happy Calculating!!!! \n" ); document.write( "
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