SOLUTION: A Michigan orchard made 20,488 lbs of taffy apples with approximately 1 lb of taffy mixture for each 73.3 pounds of apples. To the nearest tenth of a pound, how many pounds of appl

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Question 208170: A Michigan orchard made 20,488 lbs of taffy apples with approximately 1 lb of taffy mixture for each 73.3 pounds of apples. To the nearest tenth of a pound, how many pounds of apples and how many pounds of taffy were used?
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20488/(1+73.3)=20488/74.3=275.7 lbs of taffy
275.7*73.3=20,212.3 lbs of apples