Tia owns a fruit shop and is selling a fresh lot of apples and oranges. She wants the ratio of apples to oranges sold to be 3 to 2. Tia wants to sell a total of 45 apples and oranges. How many apples should she sell?
A. 27 apples
B. 24 apples
C. 9 apples
D. 43 apples
Let x be the number of apples Tia sells.
So the number of oranges Tia sells is 45 - x.
According to the ratio 3 to 2, we have (x)/(45 - x) = 3/2.
Then 2x = 135 - 3x.
5x = 135.
x = 27.
Tia should sell 27 apples.
Answer: \boxed{27}.