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There are three baskets of fruits. First basket has twice the number of fruits in the 2nd basket. Third basket has 314th of the fruits in the first. The average of the fruits in all the baskets is 30. What is the number of the fruits in the first basket?

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a

34

b

20

c

40

d

30

answer is D.

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Suppose the number of fruits in the second basket = F 

Number of fruits in the first basket 

Number of fruits in the third basket =2F×34=3F2

Now, 2F+F+3F2=30×3

4F+2F+3F2=30×39F=30×3×2 F=30×3×29=20

Number of fruits in the first basket = 2F = 2 x 20 = 40

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