Question

The Farmers Market sells apples by the bushel, and each bushel of apples weighs 42 lbs. A bushel of large apples contains 84 apples. If a bushel of small apples contains twice as many apples as a bushel of large apples, how many small apples are in 1 lb of apples?

Answer 1

4 small apples in 1lb of apples I think

Explanation:

Answer 2

There are 4 small apples in 1 lb of apples.

Explanation:

From the information given, you know that a bushel of small apples contains twice as many apples as a bushel of large apples. So, in order to know the amount of apples in a bushel of small apples you have to multiply the number of apples in a bushel of large apples by two:

84*2=168

Now, you can use a rule of three to find the number of small apples in 1 lb of apples given that you know that each bushel of apples that has 168 small apples weighs 42 lbs:

168 apples → 42 lbs

x ← 1 lb

x=(168*1)/42= 4

According to this, the answer is that there are 4 small apples in 1 lb of apples.