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)
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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
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