Question

Sara discarded 110 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)
Responses

35
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45
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not enough information
not enough information

310

Answer 1

To find the fraction of the total apples picked that were sold as fresh fruit, we can follow these steps:

1. Let \( x \) be the total number of apples picked.
2. Since 110 apples were discarded as defective, the number of apples remaining is \( x - 110 \).
3. According to the problem, 300 of the remaining apples were made into cider.
4. The number of apples sold as fresh fruit would then be:
\[
\text{Fresh fruit} = (x - 110) - 300
\]
5. This simplifies to:
\[
\text{Fresh fruit} = x - 410
\]

Now, we need to calculate the fraction of the total apples picked that were sold as fresh fruit:
\[
\text{Fraction sold as fresh fruit} = \frac{x - 410}{x}
\]

To proceed, we recognize that we cannot simplify this further without knowing the value of \( x \), the total number of apples picked. Therefore, we do not have enough information to determine a numeric fraction.

The correct response is: **not enough information**.