Question 1122047
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If  "The number of Oranges is 3/5 the number of the papayas in the basket", as it is given,

then the number of papayas minus the number of oranges is  {{{2/5}}} of the number of papayas. 


From the other side, this difference is 16.


Thus {{{2/5}}} of papayas is 16.  Then {{{1/5}}} of papayas is 8; hence, the number of papayas is 5*8 = 40.


Then the number of oranges is  {{{(3/5)*40}}} = 3*8 = 24.


<U>Answer</U>.  24 oranges and 40 papayas.
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