SOLUTION: aylssa dumped 9 lbs of a bag of apples with 52 % red apples, into a bag of 10 lbs which contained 43% red aplles. what is the new percent of red apples

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Question 1049985: aylssa dumped 9 lbs of a bag of apples with 52 % red apples, into a bag of 10 lbs which contained 43% red aplles. what is the new percent of red apples
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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+.52%2A9+=+4.68+
+.43%2A10+=+4.3+
and
+4.68+%2B+4.3+=+8.98+
This is the combined number
of red apples in the bag
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+8.98+%2F+%28+9+%2B+10+%29+=+8.98%2F19+
+8.98%2F19+=+.4726+
47% of the apples are red