Question

A grocery store has received a shipment of apples.There are 15 boxes of apples,and each box contains 17 bags of apples. Each bag holds 12 apples. Joe Many apples are in the shipment.

Answer 1

There are 3060 apples in the shipment.

Explanation:

Given:

Number of boxes of apples = 15

Each boxes contains = 17 bags of Apples

hence 15 boxes will contains = Number of bags of apples in 15 boxes.

By Using Unitary Method we get;

Number of bags of apples in 15 boxes =
`15* 17= 255 \ bags \ of \ apples`

Hence 15 boxes contains = 255 bags of apples.

Also Given:

Each bag contains = 12 apples

255 bags contains = Number of apples in 255 bags

By Using Unitary Method we get;

Number of apples in 255 bags =
`255*12= 3060 \ apples`

Hence 255 bags of apples contains = 3060 apples.

Hence There are 3060 apples in the shipment.