SOLUTION: Mary spent 0.7 of her money on 15 mangoes
and 5 oranges, if each orange cost half as much
as a mango, how many oranges could she buy
with the rest of her money?
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and 5 oranges, if each orange cost half as much
as a mango, how many oranges could she buy
with the rest of her money?
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Question 1186268: Mary spent 0.7 of her money on 15 mangoes
and 5 oranges, if each orange cost half as much
as a mango, how many oranges could she buy
with the rest of her money? Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, josgarithmetic:Answer by ikleyn(52794) (Show Source):
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Mary spent 0.7 of her money on 15 mangoes and 5 oranges,
if each orange cost half as much as a mango,
how many oranges could she buy with the rest of her money?
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According to the condition, each mango costs as much as two oranges.
THEREFORE, 15 mango and 5 oranges cost as much as 2*15 + 5 = 30 + 5 = 35 oranges.
HENCE, each orange costs = 0.02 of the total Mary's money.
On the rest of her money she can buy = = 15 oranges.
ANSWER. On the rest of her money Mary can buy 15 oranges.
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Mary spent 0.7 of her money on 15 mangoes
and 5 oranges, if each orange cost half as much
as a mango, how many oranges could she buy
with the rest of her money?
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M amount of money
n, price of 1 Orange
2n, price of 1 mango
------------price of 1 orange --------------price for 1 mango --------------amount of money Mary has after the first described purchase.
The question:
Amount of oranges she can buy using the remaining 0.3M of money:
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