Sara discarded 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
4/5
3/5
not enough info
3/10
Since Sara discarded 1/10 of the apples she picked as defective, the fraction of apples remaining is 1 - 1/10 = 9/10.
Out of this fraction, 300 were made into cider. So the fraction of apples sold as fresh fruit is 9/10 - 300 = 6/10 or 3/5.
Therefore, the correct answer is 3/5.