Question

6.3 A store sold 63 red apples if the ratio of the number of red apples sold to the number of green
apples sold was 7:2. what was the total number of the apples sold?​

Answer 1

Answer:

81 apples

Step-by-step explanation:

The ratio of red apples to green apples is 7:2

Number of red apples sold = 63

Number of green apples sold = ?

Red apples ratio is 7 and apples sold are 63 so 63 ÷ 7 = 9,Thus we have yo multiply it also by 2 for right proportion = 9×2 = 18

Therefore 18 green apples were sold.

Now what we have to find is total number of apples= Total number of red apples sold+ Total number of green apples sold = 63 + 18 = 81 apples

Answer 2

Answer:

the total number of apples sold=81 apples