30% of the fruits in a bag are apples. 50% of the remaining are oranges and the rest are pears. What fraction of the fruits are pears ?
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Ans 1:
Class : Class 9
All fruits together = 100% OR x
Apples = 30% of x OR 30/100 of x
= 3/10 x
Oranges= 50% of (x - 3/10 x) OR 1/2 of (x - 3/10 x)
= 1/2 of 7/10 x
= 7/20 x
Pears = 20/20(All Fruits) - {6/20(Apples) + 7/20(Oranges)}
= 20/20 - 13/20
= 7/20
Therefore it is clear that 7/20 of all fruits is pears.
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