Question

Sara discarded 1/10 of apples she picked as defective. Of 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?
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3/5
not enough information (actually an option) also my answer
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3/10

Answer 1

Let's denote the total number of apples picked as \( x \).

1. Sara discarded \( \frac{1}{10} \) of the apples, so the number of defective apples is \( \frac{1}{10} x \).
2. The number of apples remaining after discarding the defective ones is:
\[
x - \frac{1}{10}x = \frac{9}{10}x
\]

3. Of the remaining apples, 300 were made into cider. Therefore, the number of apples sold as fresh fruit is:
\[
\frac{9}{10}x - 300
\]

4. We want to find what fraction of the total apples picked \( x \) were sold as fresh fruit. Thus, we need to express the number of fresh fruit apples sold as a fraction of \( x \):
\[
\frac{\frac{9}{10}x - 300}{x}
\]

5. To simplify this expression, we can break it down:
\[
\frac{\frac{9}{10}x}{x} - \frac{300}{x} = \frac{9}{10} - \frac{300}{x}
\]

To find a specific fraction, we need to determine the total number \( x \).

6. Since \( \frac{9}{10}x - 300 \) must be non-negative, we can set up the inequality to find the minimum value of \( x \):
\[
\frac{9}{10}x - 300 \geq 0
\]
\[
\frac{9}{10}x \geq 300
\]
\[
x \geq \frac{300 \cdot 10}{9} = \frac{3000}{9} \approx 333.33
\]

7. Now calculating \( \frac{3000}{9} \) we find:
\[
x = 333.33 \implies \text{rounding up, say } x = 334 \text{} (valid since total fruit must be integer)
\]

Calculating the fresh fruit sold for \( x = 334 \):
8. Verify for integers:
After picking \( 334 \) apples, defective apples:
\[
\frac{1}{10} \times 334 = 33.4 \text{ (let’s use integers) approximately } 33 \text{ e.g. }
\]
Remaining apples:
\[
334 - 33 \approx 301
\]

300 went to cider thus sold as fresh is:
\[
301 - 300 = 1
\]

9. Thus, fresh fruit as fraction:
\[
\frac{1}{334}
\]

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Test umbrella yield traced into subsidiary:

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1/10 defective;
300 remain.
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\(\text{Sold fresh percentages:}\)
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Sold as fresh settled in:

The fraction of the total apples picked that were sold as fresh fruit is:
\[
\frac{3}{10}
\]

The final answer is \(\frac{3}{10}\).