A farmer sells 9.3 kg of pears and apples at the farmers market.3/4 of this weight is pears,and the rest is apples.how many kilograms of apples did she sell at the farmers market.

Answer 1

Given:

Farmer 9.3 kg of pears and apples.

3/4 of the weight is pears.

Find: Weight of apples.

Solution:

Let x = what we're looking for.

x = weight of apples

Total weight = weight of pears and apples

9.3 = (3/4)*9.3 + x

9.3 - (3/4)*9.3 = x

(1/4)*9.3 = x

2.325 = x

Weight of apples is 2.325 kg.

NOTE: A simple way to look at this problem

is to realize this...

If 3/4 the weight is pears,

Then 1/4 the weight must be apples.

So,

Weight of apples = (1/4)*(Total Weight)

Weight of apples = (1/4)*9.3 = 2.325 kg.