There are 32 more apple than oranges in a box. 3/5 of the oranges and 1/3 of the apples are overripe. if the number of overripe apples and the number of oranges is the same, how many pieces of overripe fruit are there?

The answer is:

There is a total of 48 overripe fruit.

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:

Now, we know that 3/5 of the oranges and 1/3 of the apples are overripe, so:

Then, we have a condition that states that the number of overripe apples and overripe oranges is the same, so:

Therefore, we have that there are 40 oranges and 72 apples (40+32).

Now, calculating the number of overripe oranges and apples, we have:

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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