pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:A lemonade stand sold only small and large cups of lemonade on Tuesday. 3/5 of the cups sold were small and the rest were large. If the large cups were sold for 7/6 as much as the small cups, what fraction of Tuesday's total revenue was from the sale of large cups?
7/16
7/15
10/21
17/35
1/2
We should plug in the smallest numbers that will make the math easy:
5 cups total means 3 small, 2 large
large costs 7, small costs 6
revenue from small = 3*6 = 18, revenue from large = 2*7 = 14
large/total = 14/32 = 7/16.
The correct answer is A.
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