document.write( "Question 1057119: Mrs. Rifkin had 84 oranges. 24 of her oranges were rotten, and the rest were either ripe or unripe. There were 18 more ripe oranges than unripe oranges. Find the ratio of the number of ripe oranges to the number of rotten oranges to the number of unripe oranges. \n" ); document.write( "

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So $\"84-24=60\"$ were either ripe (R) or unripe(U).
\n" ); document.write( " $\"R=U%2B18\"$
\n" ); document.write( "and
\n" ); document.write( " $\"R%2BU=60\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Substituting,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28U%2B18%29%2BU=60\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"2U%2B18=60\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"2U=42\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"U=21\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Then,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"R=21%2B18\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"R=39\"$
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