Question

You want to have a total of 2lbs of apples and oranges and you want the weight of oranges to be 1lb less than 3 times the weight of the apples. How many pounds of apples do you want? (enter your answer as a terminating decimal)

Answer 1

Answer:

total (Apples + oranges) = 2lbs

Step-by-step explanation:

let the weight of Apples be 'x'

oranges = 3x - 1lb

x + 3x - 1lb = 2lb

4x = 3lb

x = 3lb/4 = 0.75lb

we want 0.75 pounds of Apples Answer