K B.

asked • 06/05/14

I need 1/3 of tomatoes than eggplant, twice as many tomatoes as zucchini and 1/2 as many bells peppers than eggplant. How many of each?

It is a question regarding tomatoes, zucchini, bell peppers and eggplant.  For each vegetable you can choose 0 - 8 for amounts.  So the question is asking how many of each vegetables would there be.

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Parviz F. answered • 06/05/14

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K B.

Don't know if this is a repeat as I edited my question.  But here I will try again to explain.  It is a question regarding tomatoes, zucchini, bell peppers and eggplant.  For each vegetable you can choose 0 - 8 for quantities.  So the question is asking how many of each vegetable would you have.
 
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Let's choose what ratio should mix the vegetables so we have 15 pound of mix vegetable salad.
 
X - eggplant
Y - Tomato
Z - Zucchini
B - Bell Pepper
 
X + Y + Z + B = 5
 
Y = 1/3 X   , Y = 1/2 Z  B = 1/2 X
 
X + 1/3 X + 2/3 X + 1/2 X = 15
 
X = 6  Eggplant    Y = 6/3=2 Tomato      Z = 2/3 X =4  Zucchini   B = 1/2(6) = 3 Bell Pepper  
 
 
 
 
 
 
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