SOLUTION: A basket contains 9 fruits and the total weight of the basket is 3 kilograms. If a piece of melon weighing 0.5 kilograms is added in the basket, the average weight of a fruit bec

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Question 1087637: A basket contains 9 fruits and the total weight of the basket is 3 kilograms. If a piece of
melon weighing 0.5 kilograms is added in the basket, the average weight of a fruit
becomes

Answer by ikleyn(52817) About Me  (Show Source):
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    The watermelon is a member of the cucumber family known as the Cucurbitaceae, which includes gourds as well. 
    They're grown like vegetable crop using vegetable production systems. ... So even if the watermelon is mostly eaten as a fruit, 
    it got lumped in with vegetables in some circles of thought.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/watermelon-fruit-and-vegetable_us_57a9e2c6e4b0b770b1a4481f

http://www.watermelon.org/Faqs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon