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
not enough information
4/5
3/10
3/5
To find the fraction of apples that were sold as fresh fruit, we need to know the total number of apples picked before any were discarded.
Let's assume that the total number of apples picked before any were discarded is "T."
If 110 apples were discarded as defective, then the number of apples remaining is T - 110.
Out of these remaining apples, 300 were made into cider. So, the number of apples sold as fresh fruit is (T - 110) - 300.
The fraction of the total apples picked that were sold as fresh fruit is:
((T - 110) - 300) / T.
Without knowing the value of T, we cannot determine the exact fraction. Therefore, the answer is:
not enough information
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)
To find the fraction of the total apples picked that were sold as fresh fruit, we need to know the number of apples remaining after discarding the defective ones.
Let's calculate that:
Total apples picked - Apples discarded = Apples remaining
= 110 apples discarded from the total
= 300 apples made into cider + Apples sold as fresh fruit
Since we don't have the information about the total number of apples picked or the number of apples sold as fresh fruit, we cannot determine the fraction. Therefore, the correct answer is "not enough information."
To find the fraction of the total apples picked that were sold as fresh fruit, we need to calculate the number of apples that were sold as fresh fruit and divide it by the total number of apples picked.
Let's break down the information provided:
- Sara discarded 110 apples as defective.
- The number of apples remaining after discarding the defective ones is not given.
- Out of the remaining apples, 300 were made into cider.
- The rest of the remaining apples were sold as fresh fruit.
Since we don't have the information about the exact number of remaining apples after discarding the defective ones, we cannot determine the fraction directly. However, we can find it if we assume a specific number of remaining apples after discarding the defective ones.
Let's consider a scenario where there were 400 remaining apples after discarding the defective ones (this is just an assumption for the purpose of calculation). In this scenario, 300 apples were made into cider, and the remaining 100 (400 - 300) apples were sold as fresh fruit.
The fraction of the total apples picked that were sold as fresh fruit would be 100/400, which simplifies to 1/4.
Therefore, if we assume that there were 400 remaining apples after discarding the defective ones, the fraction of the total apples picked that were sold as fresh fruit is 1/4.
Without the exact information about the number of remaining apples after discarding the defective ones, we cannot determine the fraction of the total apples picked that were sold as fresh fruit with certainty. Therefore, the correct answer is "not enough information."