On Monday, a fruit vendor bought 80 pieces of fruit to sell at her market, 35% of which were apples and the rest of which were oranges. On Tuesday, the vendor bought the same number of oranges, but she only bought 73 pieces of fruit. What percentage of the fruit she bought on Tuesday was apples?

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On Monday, a fruit vendor bought 80    pieces of fruit to sell at her market,  35%  of which were apples and the rest of which were oranges. On Tuesday, the vendor bought the same number of oranges, but she only bought  73   pieces of fruit. What percentage of the fruit she bought on Tuesday was apples?

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Calculate Apples on Monday: Calculate the number of apples and oranges bought on Monday. Since 35% of the 80 pieces of fruit were apples, we calculate the number of apples as follows: Number of apples = 35% of 80 Number of apples = 0.35 * 80 Number of apples = 28Calculate Oranges on Monday: Calculate the number of oranges bought on Monday. Since the rest of the fruit were oranges, we subtract the number of apples from the total number of fruit to find the number of oranges: Number of oranges = Total number of fruit - Number of apples Number of oranges = 80 - 28 Number of oranges = 52Determine Oranges on Tuesday: Determine the number of oranges bought on Tuesday. The vendor bought the same number of oranges on Tuesday as on Monday, which is 52 oranges.Calculate Apples on Tuesday: Calculate the number of apples bought on Tuesday. Since the vendor bought 73 pieces of fruit in total on Tuesday and we know that 52 of those were oranges, we can find the number of apples by subtracting the number of oranges from the total number of fruit: Number of apples on Tuesday = Total number of fruit on Tuesday - Number of oranges Number of apples on Tuesday = 73 - 52 Number of apples on Tuesday = 21Calculate Percentage of Apples on Tuesday: Calculate the percentage of apples bought on Tuesday. To find the percentage of apples, we divide the number of apples by the total number of fruit bought on Tuesday and multiply by 100: Percentage of apples = (Number of apples on Tuesday / Total number of fruit on Tuesday) * 100 Percentage of apples = (21 / 73) * 100 Percentage of apples ≈ 28.77%

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