A fruit salad mixture consists of apples, peaches, and grapes.
A fruit salad mixture consists of apples, peaches, and grapes. There are 2 times as many pounds of apples as grapes and 3 times as many pounds of peaches as grapes. If a mixture that has an average (arithmetic mean) of 24 pounds per fruit, how many more pounds of apples than grapes does the mixture have?
Answer/Solution
8
Steps/Work
A+P+G= 24*2
A=3G
P=2.5G
3G+2G+G= 24*2
G= 24*2/6= 8
A= 8*2=16
Difference = 16-8=8
'C' is the answer
A=3G
P=2.5G
3G+2G+G= 24*2
G= 24*2/6= 8
A= 8*2=16
Difference = 16-8=8
'C' is the answer