Question

If a farmer sells 9.8 KL of apples and pears at the farmers market. 4/5 of this weight is apples,and the rest are pears. How many kl of pears did they sell the farmers market

Answer 1

1.96

Explanation:

A farmer sells 9.8 kl of apples and pears

4/5 of this weight is apples, while the rest are pears

Therefore the wight of pears can be calculated as follows

Let x represent the weight of pears

9.8= 4/5×9.8 + x

9.8= 0.8×9.8+x

9.8= 7.84+x

9.8-7.84= x

x= 1.96