Question

Apples lose 85% of their weight while drying. How much fresh apples do you need to get 10.5 lb of dried apples?

a) 70 lb of fresh apples
b) 11.5 lb of fresh apples
c) 12.35 lb of fresh apples
d) 85 lb of fresh apples

Answer 1

To get 10.5 lb of dried apples, you would need 70 lb of fresh apples.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate how much fresh apples you need to get 10.5 lb of dried apples, we need to consider that the dried apples are 15% of the weight of the fresh apples. Let's call the weight of fresh apples x. To find x, we can set up an equation:

x * 0.15 = 10.5

Simplifying the equation:

x = 10.5 / 0.15 = 70

Therefore, you would need 70 lb of fresh apples to get 10.5 lb of dried apples.