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
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Let x=2, implying that 2 of the trees yield 10 bushels each, for a total of 20 bushels.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
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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Hi rsarashi,
This question can be solved by TESTing VALUES.
We're told that the total yield from an orchard or trees was 350 bushels. We're also told that X of the trees yielded 10 bushels each. We're asked for the FRACTION of the total that was yielded from the X trees.
IF... X = 2... then 2(10) = 20 of the 350 bushels came from those X trees. Thus, we're looking for an answer that equals 20/350 = 20/35 when X=2. There's only one answer that matches...
Final Answer: A
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This question can be solved by TESTing VALUES.
We're told that the total yield from an orchard or trees was 350 bushels. We're also told that X of the trees yielded 10 bushels each. We're asked for the FRACTION of the total that was yielded from the X trees.
IF... X = 2... then 2(10) = 20 of the 350 bushels came from those X trees. Thus, we're looking for an answer that equals 20/350 = 20/35 when X=2. There's only one answer that matches...
Final Answer: A
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We are given that the harvest yield from a certain apple orchard was 350 bushels of apples and that x of the trees in the orchard each yielded 10 bushels of apples. Thus, those x trees yielded 10x apples, and, therefore, those x trees yielded 10x/350 = x/35 of the harvest.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
Answer: A
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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
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Apple orchard was 350 bushels of apples.
Also x trees yield 10 bushels of apple each
so total yield of x trees = 10x
Fraction of the harvest yield from these x trees = 10x/350 = x/35. Answer A
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We got 10x apples from the x bushels of 10.
Set as a ratio, this gives us 10x / 350, or x/35.
Set as a ratio, this gives us 10x / 350, or x/35.
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Trying numbers helps here too. Suppose x = 3. Then we got 30 apples from our bushels, or 30/350 => 3/35 of the total.
Plugging x = 3 into the answers, only A works, so we're done.
Plugging x = 3 into the answers, only A works, so we're done.
