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Question

vivi and gigi have apples and pears in a basket. They have 25 fruits in all.On the way vivi ate an apple and 3 pears while gigi ate 3 apples and 2 pears .They found that they still have as many apples as pears. How many beers were there in the beginning ?

Answer 1

If the amounts of apples and pears were originally A and P, then A+P=25 fruits in all.

Vivi and Gigi between them eat 4 apples and 5 pears. That's 9 fruits in all, so the basket contains 25-9=16 fruits, half of which are apples and half pears (same amount of each), therefore there are now 8 apples and 8 pears.

The original amount of pears=8+5=13 pears (12 apples).