Question

a farmer sells 9.6 kilograms of apples and pears at the farmer's market. 1/4 of the weight is the apples and the rest is the pears. how many kilograms of pears did she sell at the farmers market

Answer 1

`\text{We're trying to find how many pears the farmer sold}\\\\\text{We know that the farmer sold a total of 9.6 kilograms of apples and pears}\\\\\text{We also know 1/4, or 25\%, of the 9.6 kilograms are apples}\\\\\text{Calculate for apples:}\\\\9.6\cdot0.25=2.4\\\\\text{This means that the farmer sold 2.4 kg of apples}\\\\\text{Now calculate for pears:}\\\\9.6-2.4=7.2\\\\\boxed{\text{7.2 kg of pears}}`

Answer 2

7.2 kg

Explanation:

¼ is apples

1 - ¼ = ¾ is pears

¾ of 9.6 = 7.2 kg