Question

Sara discarded 1/10 of the apples she picked as defective. Of the apples remaining, 300 were made into cider. The rest were sold as fresh fruit. What fraction of the total apples picked were sold as fresh fruit?(1 point)
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Answer 1

To find the fraction of the total apples picked that were sold as fresh fruit, we need to find the number of apples that were sold as fresh fruit and divide it by the total number of apples picked.

We know that Sara discarded 1/10 of the apples she picked as defective. This means that 9/10 of the apples remained.

Then, out of the remaining apples, 300 were made into cider. This means that 9/10 * 300 = 270 apples were made into cider.

The rest of the remaining apples were sold as fresh fruit. This means that 9/10 - 270 = 630 apples were sold as fresh fruit.

Out of the total apples picked, the apples that were sold as fresh fruit were 630 and the total number of apples picked can be represented by 9/10.

Therefore, the fraction of the total apples picked that were sold as fresh fruit is 630 / (9/10) = 630 * (10/9) = 700/3.

Therefore, the fraction of the total apples picked that were sold as fresh fruit is 700/3.