A farmer sells 9.3 kilograms of pears and apples at the farmer's market. 3 5 of this weight is pears, and the rest is apples. How many kilograms of apples did she sell at the farmer's market?

Answer 1

First the farmer sells 9.3 kg of both apples and pearls

But we have been told that 3.5 of these 9.3 kg are pearls.

This means that for you to get the kg of apples, you have to subtract 3.5kg from 9.3kg

this implies (9.3-3.5)kg

= 5.8kg of apples

Answer 2

Hi Eli K.

3.72 kilograms of apples

If you were trying to enter 3/5 as in three fifths in your question above then please see below:

3/5 + 2/5 = 5/5 =1 or the whole entire amount

We were told 3/5 of the sell was pears and according to the total weight that is

(3/5)(9.3 kilograms)

The rest would be

(2/5)(9.3 kilograms) would represent the apples

(2/5)(9.3)= 3.72 kilograms

You can check this by adding the fractional parts together

(3/5)(9.3) + (2/5)(9.3)

5.58 + 3.72 = 9.3

I hope this helps/