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 4 to 2. Tia wants to sell a total of 48 apples and oranges. How many apples should she sell?
A.
46 apples
B.
8 apples
C.
32 apples
D.
28 apples
C. 32 apples
Since the ratio of apples to oranges sold is 4:2, the total ratio can be simplified to 2:1. This means that for every 2 apples sold, 1 orange is sold.
If Tia wants to sell a total of 48 fruits, she should sell 48/3 = 16 sets of 2 apples and 1 orange.
Since each set consists of 2 apples, Tia should sell 16 x 2 = 32 apples.