Question: A bowl of fruit holds 18 peaches. Four of the peaches are ripe and two more ripen every day, but on the third day three are eaten. How many more ripe peaches than unripe peaches are in the bowl after five days?
Solution:
In 5 days, 2 * 5 = 10 peaches will ripen.
With the 4 that were already ripe, there will be 14 peaches that have ripened.
Three were eaten, so there will be 14 - 3 = 11 ripe peaches left.
There are 18 - 14 = 4 unripe peaches left.
Therefore, there will be 11 - 4 = 7 more ripe peaches than unripe peaches in the bowl after five days.
Answer: 7