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)
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If Sara discarded 1/10 of the apples she picked, then 9/10 of the apples remained.
Of the apples that remained, 300 were made into cider.
The rest, which is 9/10 - 300 apples, were sold as fresh fruit.
Therefore, the fraction of the total apples picked that were sold as fresh fruit is 9/10 - 300, which simplifies to 6/10.
So the answer is 6/10 or 3/5.
Therefore, the answer is 3/5.
To find the fraction of apples that were sold as fresh fruit, we need to know the fraction of apples that were discarded and the fraction of apples that were made into cider.
Given that Sara discarded 1/10 of the apples she picked as defective, this means that 1 - 1/10 = 9/10 of the apples remained.
Out of the remaining apples, 300 were made into cider.
Therefore, the fraction of apples that were sold as fresh fruit is given by:
(remaining apples - apples made into cider) / remaining apples
= (9/10 - 300) / 9/10
Simplifying the expression:
= (9/10 - 3/10) / 9/10
= 6/10 / 9/10
= 6/10 * 10/9
= 6/9
= 2/3
So, 2/3 of the total apples picked were sold as fresh fruit.
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