A fruit seller has a crate of apples containing 2 bruised apple for every 40 apples in the crate. If 3 out of every 5 bruised apples are not considered suitable for sale and there are 9 apples that aren't fit to be sold in the crate, then how many apples are there in total?

300

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150

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600

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Solution

The correct option is A
300

Total bruised apples = $\frac{9}{3}$ $\times$ 5 = 15. Total number of apples = 15 $\times$ 20 = 300

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A fruit seller has a crate of apples containing 2 bruised apple for every 40 apples in the crate. If 3 out of every 5 bruised apples are not considered suitable for sale and there are 9 apples that aren't fit to be sold in the crate, then how many apples are there in total?

The correct option is A 300 Total bruised apples = 93 ×5 = 15. Total number of apples = 15×20 = 300

The correct option is A
300

Total bruised apples = $\frac{9}{3}$ $\times$ 5 = 15. Total number of apples = 15 $\times$ 20 = 300