rsarashi wrote:The harvest yield from a certain apple orchard was 350 bushels of apples. If x of the trees in the orchard each yielded 10 bushel of apples, what fraction of the harvest yield was from these x trees?
A) x/35
B) 1-(x/35)
C) 10x
D) 35-x
E) 350-10x
Let x=2, implying that 2 of the trees yield 10 bushels each, for a total of 20 bushels.
Since the total harvest = 350, the fraction yielded by these 2 trees = 20/350 = 2/35. This is our target.
Now plug x=2 into the answer choices to see which yields our target value of 2/35.
Only
A works:
x/35 = 2/35.
The correct answer is
A.
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