SOLUTION: In a shipment of 156 apples a grocer found 4 rotten apples for every 9 good ones. How many rotten apples were there in the shipment?
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Question 319560: In a shipment of 156 apples a grocer found 4 rotten apples for every 9 good ones. How many rotten apples were there in the shipment?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
In a shipment of 156 apples a grocer found 4 rotten apples for every 9 good ones. How many rotten apples were there in the shipment?
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Let the number of rotten apples be "4x"
Then the number of good apples is "9x".
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Equation:
4x + 9x = 156
13x = 156
x = 12
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# of rotten apples = 4x = 4*12 = 48
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# of good apples = 9x = 9*12 = 108
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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