Question

At a shop, I bought apples and oranges in the ratio $4:6$. Given that I bought $27$ oranges find the number of fruits I bought at the shop in total.

• A. $43$ fruits
• B. $42$ fruits
• C. $45$ fruits
• D. $47$ fruits

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

$45$ fruits

$letproportionalityconstantbekthen6k=27\therefore k=\left(\frac{27}{6}\right)=\left(\frac{9}{2}\right)\therefore totalnumberoffruits=10k=10\times \left(\frac{9}{2}\right)=45$