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Algebra Difficulty 2.1 Junior Find the answer

A basket contains 12 apples and 15 bananas. If 3 more bananas are added to the basket, what fraction of the fruit in the basket will be bananas?

A number or a short expression. Spacing and $ signs are ignored.

Solution

When 3 bananas are added to the basket, there are 12 apples and 18 bananas in the basket. Therefore, the fraction of the fruit in the basket that is bananas is 1812+18=1830=35 \frac{18}{12+18}=\frac{18}{30}=\frac{3}{5} .

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