Question

Sarah discarded 1/10 of the apples she picked as defective. Of the apples remaining, 300 were made into a cider. The rest were sold as fresh fruit. What fraction of the total apples picked were sold as fresh fruit.

A. 4/5
B. 3/10
C. not enough information
D. 3/5

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

Let's say Sarah picked a total of x apples.

Sarah discarded 1/10 of x apples as defective, which leaves her with 9/10 of x apples.

Out of the remaining apples, 300 were made into cider, leaving 9/10 of x - 300 apples sold as fresh fruit.

Therefore, the fraction of the total apples picked that were sold as fresh fruit is (9/10x - 300) / x.

Simplifying this fraction, we get 9/10 - 300/x.

We can see that the answer depends on the value of x, which is not given in the information provided.

Therefore, the answer is C. not enough information.

Answer 2

[AI-generated answer — Step-by-Step Bot]

Let's calculate how many apples were discarded as defective. If Sarah picked x apples, 1/10 of the apples would be (1/10) * x = x/10.

The number of apples remaining after discarding the defective ones is x - (x/10) = (10x - x)/10 = (9x)/10.

Out of the remaining apples, 300 were made into cider. Therefore, the number of apples sold as fresh fruit is (9x)/10 - 300.

The fraction of apples sold as fresh fruit is [(9x)/10 - 300] / x.

Simplifying, we get (9x - 3000) / (10x).

So, the fraction of the total apples picked that were sold as fresh fruit is (9x - 3000) / (10x).

Since we don't know the value of x, we don't have enough information to determine the fraction. Therefore, the answer is C. not enough information.