Question

Sarah discarded 1/10 of the apples she picked as defective. Of the apples remaining, 300 were made into a cider. The rest were sold as fresh fruit. What fraction of the total apples picked were sold as fresh fruit.
A. 4/5
B. 3/10
C. not enough information
D. 3/5

Answer 1

Let's say Sarah picked a total of x apples.

Sarah discarded 1/10 of x apples as defective, which leaves her with 9/10 of x apples.

Out of the remaining apples, 300 were made into cider, leaving 9/10 of x - 300 apples sold as fresh fruit.

Therefore, the fraction of the total apples picked that were sold as fresh fruit is (9/10x - 300) / x.

Simplifying this fraction, we get 9/10 - 300/x.

We can see that the answer depends on the value of x, which is not given in the information provided.

Therefore, the answer is C. not enough information.