Question

2. How many rotten apples does Amber have? 1 point Jacob and Amber each buy a bag of apples. Some of the apples are rotten and some are not. Amber has the same fraction of rotten apples in her bag as Jacob has in his bag. Jacob's bag has: Amber's bag has: • A total of 4 apples • A total of 12 apples • Exactly 1 rotten apple • Exactly_rotten apple(s)

Answer 1

2) The number of apples in Jacob's bag is 4. If there is exactly 1 rotten apple. it means that the fraction of rotten apples in Jacob's bag is 1/4

The number of apples in Amber's bag is 12. Let x represent the exact number of rotten apples. it means that the fraction of rotten apples in Amber's bag is x/12

Since the fractions of rotten apples in both bags is the same, it means that

1/4 = x/12

By crossmultiplying, we have

4x = 12

x = 12/4

x = 3

There were 3 rotten apples in Amber's bag