Question

Mitch uses 14 of his supply of apples to make apple crisp and 38 of his supply of apples to make pies. If Mitch uses 10 pounds of apples, how many pounds of apples are in his supply?

Answer 1

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There are 52 pounds of apples in Mitch's supply.

To find out, you can set up a proportion:

14/10 = 38/x

Cross-multiplying:

14x = 380

Dividing both sides by 14:

x = 27.14

Since Mitch can't have a fraction of an apple, we round up to the nearest whole number:

x = 28

Therefore, if Mitch uses 10 pounds of apples and has used a total of 52 pounds, he must have started with:

52 - 10 = 42 pounds of apples.