Carlos owns an orchard. His apple trees produced 315 bushels of apples. Each bushel of apples weighs about 48 pounds. There are

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Carlos owns an orchard. His apple trees produced 315 bushels of apples. Each bushel of apples weighs about 48 pounds. There are

about 3 apples in each pound. About how many apples did Carlos' apple trees produce? Please show how it is done. Thank you

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Anna71 [15] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-23T11:57:02+03:00

Anna71 [15]2 years ago

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If
1 bushel = 48 pounds
and 1 pound = 3 apples
48 pounds = x apples cross multiply
x apples = 48 X 3 ==> 144 apples
1 bushel = 144 apples (because 48 pounds = 1 bushel)
315 bushel = x apples
x apples = 144 X 315
x = 45360 apples