Sara discarded 110
1
10
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
To find the fraction of the total apples picked that were sold as fresh fruit, we need to first determine how many apples were left after 110 were discarded.
If Sara picked a total of 1,100 apples (110 + 1 + 10), and she discarded 110, then she had 1,100 - 110 = 990 apples left.
Out of these 990 apples, 300 were made into cider. This means that the remaining apples were sold as fresh fruit.
Therefore, the fraction of the total apples picked that were sold as fresh fruit is:
(990 - 300) / 990
= 690 / 990
Now we can simplify this fraction. The highest common factor of 690 and 990 is 30, so we can divide both the numerator and the denominator by 30:
690 / 990 = (690 ÷ 30) / (990 ÷ 30) = 23 / 33
So the fraction of the total apples picked that were sold as fresh fruit is 23/33.
To find the fraction of the total apples picked that were sold as fresh fruit, we need to know how many apples were picked in total.
However, the total number of apples picked is not given in the question. Without this information, it is not possible to calculate the fraction.