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At an apple orchard three fourths of the apples are green one fifth are red and the rest are yellow. If there are 300 apples in total how many are yellow

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Answer:

15 yellow apples

Explanation:

We know 3/4 of the apples are green and 1/5 are red.

We want to find our "x" for our equation.

3/4+1/5=19/20

19/20*300=285

300-285=15

There are 15 yellow apples.

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