Hello!
The answer is:
There is a total of 48 overripe fruit.
Why?
To calculate the number of pieces of overripe fruit we have, we need to write two equations to create a relationship between the number of apples and oranges.
Let be "x" the number of oranges, so:
[tex]Oranges=x\\Apples=x+32[/tex]
Now, we know that 3/5 of the oranges and 1/3 of the apples are overripe, so:
[tex]OverripeApples=\frac{1}{3}(x+32)\\\\OverripeOranges=\frac{3}{5}(x)[/tex]
Then, we have a condition that states that the number of overripe apples and overripe oranges is the same, so:
[tex]\frac{1}{3}(x+32)=\frac{3}{5}(x)[/tex]
[tex]\frac{1}{3}(x)+\frac{1}{3}(32)=\frac{3}{5}(x)[/tex]
[tex]\frac{1}{3}(32)=\frac{3}{5}(x)-\frac{1}{3}(x)[/tex]
[tex]\frac{1}{3}(32)=\frac{3x*3-1*x}{15}=\frac{9x-5*x}{15}=\frac{4x}{15}[/tex]
[tex]\frac{32}{3}=\frac{4x}{15}[/tex]
[tex]\frac{32*15}{3}=4x[/tex]
[tex]\frac{480}{3}=4x[/tex]
[tex]160=4x[/tex]
[tex]\frac{160}{4}=x[/tex]
[tex]40=x[/tex]
Therefore, we have that there are 40 oranges and 72 apples (40+32).
Now, calculating the number of overripe oranges and apples, we have:
[tex]OverripeApples=\frac{1}{3}(72)=24\\\\OverripeOranges=\frac{3}{5}(40)=24[/tex]
Hence, we have that there are 24 pieces of overripe oranges and 24 pieces of overripe apples. It means that there is a total of 48 overripe fruit.
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