Question

A crate of oranges contains one bruised mango for every forty oranges in the crate. If three out of every four bruised oranges are considerably unsalable and there are 12 unsalable oranges in the crate then how many oranges is there in the crate?

• A. 640
• B. 1280
• C. 480
• D. 360
• E.

Hint:

Convert conditions into equations or ratios to solve problems involving proportions or rates.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

Calculating the total number of oranges.
If 12 unsalable oranges account for three-quarters of the total bruised oranges, then the total number of bruised oranges is 16. Since there are 40 good oranges for every bruised orange, the total number of oranges is: \[ 16 \times 40 = 640 \]