Tia owns a fruit shop and is selling a fresh lot of apples and oranges. She wants the ratio of apples to oranges sold to be 5 to 2. Tia wants to sell a total of 49 apples and oranges. How many apples should she sell?

Respuesta :

5x+2x=49
7x=49
x=7. 35 apples

Answer: she would sell 24 apples