Question

Sara discarded 1/10 of apples she picked as defective. Of apples remaining, 300 were made into cider. The rest were sold as fresh fruit. What fraction of the total apples picked were sold as fresh fruit?

Answers:
3/5
not enough information (actually an option) also my answer
4/5
3/10

Answer 1

(b) not enough information

Explanation:

You want to know the fraction of apples sold as fresh fruit, given that 1/10 of the apples were discarded and 300 were made into cider.

Fresh fruit

We know that 9/10 of the apples picked will include 300 that were made into cider and some other number or fraction sold as fresh fruit. Since we don't know the total number or the fraction made into cider, we must say the question cannot be answered because ...

there is not enough information, choice B.

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