Question

A basket constants three types of fruits weighting $19\frac{1}{3}kg$ in all. If $8\frac{1}{9}kg$ of these be apples. $3\frac{1}{6}kg$ be oranges and the pears. What is the weight of the pears in the basket?

Answer 1

Weight of pears in the basket=$19\frac{1}{3}-\left(8\frac{1}{9}+3\frac{1}{6}\right)$

$=\frac{58}{3}-\left(\frac{73}{9}+\frac{19}{6}\right)$

$=\frac{58}{3}-\left(\frac{146+57}{18}\right)$

$=\frac{58}{3}-\frac{203}{18}$

$=\frac{348-203}{3}$

$=8\frac{1}{18}kg$