Question

On a sunny fall day, Wendy and her family go to an orchard to pick apples for their famous apple pies. First, they pick enough Golden Delicious apples to fill a bag. Then, they pick enough Honeycrisp apples to fill another bag. The bag of Honeycrisp apples weighs 24 pounds. In all, Wendy's family picks 42 pounds of apples. Which equation can you use to find the weight w of the Golden Delicious apples? Solve this equation for w to find the weight of the Golden Delicious apples. pounds

Answer 1

To find the weight \( w \) of the Golden Delicious apples, we can set up the following equation based on the information provided.

You know that:

• The weight of the Honeycrisp apples is 24 pounds.
• The total weight of all the apples (Golden Delicious + Honeycrisp) is 42 pounds.

We can express this relationship with the equation:

\[ w + 24 = 42 \]

Now, to solve for \( w \), we subtract 24 from both sides:

\[ w = 42 - 24 \]

Calculating that gives:

\[ w = 18 \]

Thus, the weight of the Golden Delicious apples is 18 pounds.