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Question 19

In a basket there are only apples, oranges, bananas, and pears.

A piece of fruit is taken at random from the basket.

The table shows the probabilities that the fruit will be an apple or will be a pear.

FruitAppleOrangeBananaPear
Probability0.350.05

The probability that the fruit will be a banana is twice the probability that the fruit will be an orange.

There are 12 pears in the basket.

Work out the number of bananas in the basket.

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