Answer:
Number of pears in the basket = 6 pears
Step-by-step explanation:
The ratio of pears by number to that of apples by number in the basket was 3 : 5, simply mean for every 3 pears in the basket there are 5 apples
Total ratio of pear and apple = 3+5 = 8.
I.e For every 8 fruits in the basket, there are 3pears and 5apples
Given after Sean ate 2 apples, there were still 2 more apples than pears, meaning that before Sean eat the 2 apples, there were 4more apples that pears.
I.e
number of apples = 4 + number of pear
Let x represent number of pears
Number of apples = x + 4
Number of pear : number of apples
= 3 : 5
= x : x+4
cross multiple
5x = 3x + 12
5x - 3x = 12
2x = 12
x = 6. Recall that x rep. number of pear.
Number of pears in the basket = 6 pears
