Question

Two thirds of the fruit in the basket are apples. One fourth of the apples are green apples. What fraction of the fruit in the basket are green apples?

Answer 1

Answer:

1/6

Step-by-step explanation:

if 2/3 of the fruit are apples, of these 2/3, 1/4 of them are green apples so:

2/3 x 1/4 = 2/12 = 1/6

Answer 2

Answer:

The green apples are one sixth of the total apples in the basket.

Solution:

Let us assume that total fruits in the basket are x

In the basket, two third of the fruit are apples

Lets say total apple in the basket = y  

So, in the basket total amount of apples $y=\left(\frac{2}{3} \text { of } x\right)=\frac{2 x}{3}$

Now, in that apple one fourth apples are green.

So green apples are $\left(\frac{1}{4} \text { of } y\right)=\left(\frac{1}{4} \times \frac{2 x}{3}\right)$ (//substituting value of y)

$\Rightarrow \frac{x}{6}$    

$\Rightarrow \left(\frac{1}{6} \ of \ x\right)$