Question

Fruit boxes were delivered to a grocery store. Overall, boxes contain apples weighing $100$ pounds and guava weighing $1500$ ounces. Calculate the weight of fruit per box if $31$ boxes were delivered in total.

• A. 100 ounce
• B. 100 ton
• C. 100 pounds
• D. 10 ounce

Answer 1

The correct option is A 100 ounce

Total weight of fruits = 100 pounds of apples + 1500 ounces of guava....(1)

As we know,
$\text{1 pound = 16 ounces}$
$\therefore \text{100 pound = 16}\times \text{100 = 1600 ounce}$

Substitute the values in the equation (1)

$\text{Total weight of fruits}\text{= 100 pounds of apples + 1500 ounces of guava}\text{= 1600 ounces of apple + 1500 ounces of guava}$
$\text{Total weight of fruits = 3100 ounces}$

$\text{Number of boxes = 31}$
$\text{Weight of fruit in each box}=\frac{\text{Total weight of fruits}}{\text{Number of boxes}}$
$=\frac{3100}{31}=100\text{ounces}$

Hence, the weight of fruits in each box is 100 ounce.