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 30 apples and oranges. How many apples should she sell?
Let the number of apples sold be 3x and the number of oranges sold be 2x.
Therefore, 3x + 2x = 30
5x = 30
x = 6
So, Tia should sell 3 * 6 = 18 apples.