SOLUTION: Man made taffy apples. He used 1 lb of taffy for every 70.7 lb of apples. He made 17637 lb of taffy apples. How many lb taffy did he use? How many lb apples did he use? Round t

Question 179347: Man made taffy apples. He used 1 lb of taffy for every 70.7 lb of apples. He made 17637 lb of taffy apples. How many lb taffy did he use? How many lb apples did he use? Round to nearest tenth.
Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
so it takes 70.7 pounds of apples and 1 pound of taffy to make 71.7 pounds of taffy-apples
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17637 (taffy-apples)/71.7 pounds (taffy and apples)
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=245.98325 batches
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taffy used: 245.98325(1)=245.98...rounded to pounds
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pounds of apples used:245.98325(70.7)=17391...rounded to pounds
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