Question

suzanne bought 50 apples at the apple orchard.She bought 4 times as many red apples as green apples. how many more red apples than green apples did suzanne buy?

Answer 1

30 more red apples

Explanation:

let 'a' = # of green apples

let '4a' = # of red apples

a + 4a = 50

5a = 50

a = 10

# of red apples: 10(4) = 40

# of green apples: 10