Sara picked a total of 200 apples and discarded 1/10 of them as defective.

Question

To find the number of apples that were sold as fresh fruit, subtract the number of discarded apples from the total number of apples.

The number of discarded apples is 1/10 * 200 = 20 apples.

So, the number of apples picked that were sold as fresh fruit is 200 - 20 = 180 apples. put it in a fraction

Answer 1

To express the number of apples sold as fresh fruit in fraction form, we can represent the total number of apples as a fraction of the total picked apples.

After Sara discarded the defective apples, she was left with:

• Total apples picked: 200
• Discarded apples: 20

The number of apples sold as fresh fruit is 180.

In fraction form, this can be represented as:

\[ \text{Fraction of apples sold as fresh fruit} = \frac{\text{Number of fresh apples}}{\text{Total apples picked}} = \frac{180}{200} \]

To simplify this fraction:

\[ \frac{180}{200} = \frac{180 \div 20}{200 \div 20} = \frac{9}{10} \]

Thus, the fraction of apples sold as fresh fruit is \(\frac{9}{10}\).