There were 63 piles of fruit put together. There are 7 different kinds of fruit. The piles were divided evenly among 23 travelers. Whats the number of fruit in each pile?
hint: consider the equation 63x + 7 = 23y
i have the equation done, 63(28) + 7 = 23(77)
but i don't exactly know what the numbers represent. My assumption is there are 207 pieces of fruit in each pile. lcm(63,23) = 1449, 1449/7 = 207. But i'm sure thats wrong. any ideas?
Hello macrobes17
Welcome to Math Help Forum!Are you sure you have given us the exact wording of the question? I can't understand the meaning of the equationOriginally Posted by macrobes17
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The implication is that there were the same number of pieces of fruit in each ofpiles. If this number is
, then there were (obviously)
pieces of fruit altogether. So where does the number of different types of fruit come in? What justification is there for adding the number of different types of fruit
to the number of pieces of fruit to give
? That just doesn't make any sense.
I think there must be some information that's incorrect or missing here.
Grandad
If the 63 piles do NOT have to have the same number of each kind of fruit, then you'll need your 1449 pieces of fruit, so each traveler will get 23 pieces of fruit.
Which means that each traveler will not receive the same number of each kind of fruit.
HOWEVER,
IF each of the 63 piles contain the same number of each kind of fruit and each traveler must receive the same number of each kind of fruit then the calculation will yield something different.
Need a little clarification about the content of the piles and the distribution among the travelers.
You may needpieces of fruit in each pile.
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