Question

In a huge pile of apples and oranges, both ripe and unripe mixed together, 15% are unripe fruits. Of the ripe fruits , 45% are apples. Of the unripe ones, 66% are oranges. If the pile contains a total of 5692000 fruits, how many of them are apples?

• A. 2029198
• B. 2467482
• C. 2789080
• D. 3577422

Answer 1

The correct option is B 2467482

(a)

Total number of apples = Ripe apples + Unripe apples
$=(0.85\times 0.45+0.15\times 0.34)\times 5692000$
$=2467482$