Question

a bakery used 475 pounds of apples to make 1,000 apple tarts. Each tart contains the same amount of apples. how many pounds of apples are used in each tart?

Answer 1

Hi there sny853 the answer would be 0.475

475 pounds divided by 1000 tarts is equal to 0.475 pounds per tart.

475 lbs/1000 tarts = 0.475 lbs/tart


So, if you are to bake a certain number of tarts and need to know the total number of pounds of apple needed to bake you can use this equation.

y = 0.475x

where y represents the total number of pounds needed to bake x number of tarts with a fixed 0.475 pounds per tart. i hope it helps have a nice day =)

Answer 2

You divide 475 by 1000 because you need to distribute 475 apples to 1000 tarts... Answer is 0.475 pounds of apples in each tart