Fraction Tomatoes 043F22
1. **State the problem:** We are given fractions of traders selling tomatoes and onions and need to find the fraction of traders that sell tomatoes.
2. **Define variables:** Let the total number of traders be 1 (considering fractions).
3. **Given:**
- One fourth of traders who sell tomatoes also sell onions: $\frac{1}{4}$ of tomato sellers sell onions.
- Two fifths sell only tomatoes: $\frac{2}{5}$ of all traders sell only tomatoes.
- Eleven twentieths sell onions: $\frac{11}{20}$ of all traders sell onions.
4. **Let $T$ be the fraction of traders that sell tomatoes.**
5. **From the problem:**
- Traders who sell both tomatoes and onions = $\frac{1}{4}T$
- Traders who sell only tomatoes = $\frac{2}{5}$
- Traders who sell onions = $\frac{11}{20}$
6. **Traders who sell onions include those who sell both tomatoes and onions and those who sell only onions.**
Let $O_{only}$ be the fraction selling only onions.
So,
$$O_{only} + \frac{1}{4}T = \frac{11}{20}$$
7. **Total tomato sellers $T$ is sum of only tomato sellers and both sellers:**
$$T = \frac{2}{5} + \frac{1}{4}T$$
8. **Solve for $T$:**
$$T - \frac{1}{4}T = \frac{2}{5}$$
$$\frac{3}{4}T = \frac{2}{5}$$
$$T = \frac{2}{5} \times \frac{4}{3} = \frac{8}{15}$$
9. **Final answer:** The fraction of traders that sell tomatoes is $\boxed{\frac{8}{15}}$.
This means $\frac{8}{15}$ of all traders sell tomatoes either only tomatoes or tomatoes with onions.