A michigan orchard made 11,491lb of taffy apples with approximately 1lb of taffy mixture for each 76.7 pounds of apples. To the nearest tenth of a pound, how many pounds of apples and how many pounds of taffy were used
11,491 / 76.7 = ? pounds of taffy
To find out how many pounds of apples and taffy were used, we need to use the given information about the ratio between the taffy mixture and apples.
According to the problem, for every 76.7 pounds of apples, 1 pound of taffy mixture is used.
Let's start by finding the number of taffy mixtures used by dividing the total weight of taffy apples (11,491 pounds) by the ratio factor of 76.7 pounds of apples per 1 pound of taffy mixture:
11,491 lb / 76.7 lb = 149.8 (approximately)
So, approximately 149.8 pounds of taffy mixtures were used.
Now, let's find the weight of the apples used. Since we know that there is approximately 1 pound of taffy mixture for each 76.7 pounds of apples, we can multiply the number of taffy mixtures used (149.8 pounds) by 76.7 pounds to find the weight of the apples used:
149.8 lb * 76.7 lb = 11,516.6 (approximately)
Therefore, approximately 11,516.6 pounds of apples were used.
To round these values to the nearest tenth of a pound:
- The weight of taffy used is approximately 149.8 pounds.
- The weight of apples used is approximately 11,516.6 pounds.