Question

The orchard pie company uses 95 pounds of apples to make 100 pies. Each pie contains the same amount of apples. How many pounds of apples are used in each pie?

Answer 1

Each Pie contains 0.95 pounds of apples.

Explanation:

Given:

Number of pies = 100

Amount of apples in 100 pie = 95 pounds

Also Given: Each pie contains the same amount of apples.

We need to find amount of apples in each pie.

To find the Amount of apples in 1 pie we will divide amount of apples used in 100 pies with 100 pies.

Framing the equation we get;

Amount of apples in 1 pie =
`\frac{\textrm{Amount of apples in 100 pie}}{\textrm{Number of Apples}}`

Substituting the given values we get;

Amount of apples in 1 pie =
`(95)/(100) = 0.95 \ pounds`

Hence, Each Pie contains 0.95 pounds of apples.