SOLUTION: Wayne has 4 times as many oranges as Phil, who has one-third as many oranges as Greg. If Wayne has 32 oranges, how many oranges does Greg have?

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Question 1036777: Wayne has 4 times as many oranges as Phil, who has one-third as many oranges as Greg. If Wayne has 32 oranges, how many oranges does Greg have?
Found 2 solutions by jorel555, FrankM:
Answer by jorel555(1290) About Me  (Show Source):
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Wayne has 4X oranges than Phil; Greg has 3X as many as Phil. Wayne:Greg=4:3
For every 4 oranges Wayne has, Greg has 3; or Greg has 3/4 as many as Wayne.
Wayne=32, therefore, Greg has 24 oranges!!!!!!!!

Answer by FrankM(1040) About Me  (Show Source):
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For every 4 that Wayne has, Phil has 1 and Greg has 3.
Wayne has 32, therefore Greg has 3/4 as many or 24.