How many 5 pound bags of apples can be made from 400 apples each weighing 1/4 pound?

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asked Dec 24, 2018 161k views

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Minder · Answer 1 · 2018-12-29T03:23:43+0000

Answer:

You can make 20 - 5 pound bags

Explanation:

You first find the number of total pounds that the 400 applying ratios :

400 apples * ¼ pound / 1 apple = 100 pounds by simplifying units

Then we find the number of bags as:

100 pounds* (1 bag/5 pounds ) = 20 bags by simplifying units

So the final answer is 20 bags for this problems by using ratios