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Karen's mother picked 3 pears for every 7 apples she picked. If she picked a total of 170 items, how many were pears?
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Karen's mother picked 3 pears for every 7 apples she picked. If she picked a total of 170 items, how many were pears?
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Karen's mother picked 3 pears for every 7 apples she picked. If she picked a total of 170 items, how many were pears?
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We can write the ratio as
. We know that that is 3 : 10. (because 3 + 7 = 10). Now we multiply each side by 17 to get 51 : 170. So, she picked
pears.
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