Question

Farmers Bob ,Joe and Larry sold apples at the farmers market .Bob sold 86 apples .Joe sold 12 times as many as Bob .Larry sold half as many apples as Joe. How many apples did they sell altogether?

Answer 1

Altogether they sell 1634 apples.

Explanation:

GIven:

Bob, Joe and Larry sold apples at the farmers market.

Bob sold 86 apples.

Joe sold 12 times as many as Bob.

Larry sold half as many apples as Joe.

Now, to find the total apples Bob, Joe and Larry they all sell together.

Number of apples Bob sold = 86.

Number of apples Joe sold = 12 times of 86.

`=12* 86\\\\=1032.`

Number of apples Larry sold =
`(1)/(2)\ of\ 1032`

`=(1)/(2) * 1032`

`=516.`

Now, to get the apples they sell altogether we add the number of apples sold by Bob, by Joe and by Larry:

`86+1032+516`

`=1634.`

Therefore, altogether they sell 1634 apples.