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01-06-2016
Mathematics

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A box contains apples and oranges. The ratio of apples to oranges is 5:3. If there are 15 oranges in the box, how many apples are in the box?

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Anonymous Anonymous

01-06-2016

Since 15 divided 3 is 5, you use 5 and you multiply it by 5 and you get 15 times 5 which equals 75, so there are 75 apples

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