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Question 21

In a crate there are only apples, pears, bananas and oranges. A piece of fruit is taken at random from the crate. The table shows the probabilities that the fruit will be a banana or will be an orange.

FruitApplesPearsBananasOranges
Probability0.300.10

The probability that the fruit will be an apple is twice the probability that it will be a pear. There are 36 bananas in the crate.

Work out the number of apples in the crate.

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