At Jessie's fruit stall, 280 apples were sold in the morning and 3/5 of the remaining apples were sold in the afternoon. As a result, the number of apples left became 1/6 of the total apples at first. Given that the apples were sold at $2.50 in packs of six apples, how much did Jessie receive from the sale of the apples in the afternoon?
+33657 "At Jessie's fruit stall, 280 apples were sold in the morning and 3/5 of the remaining apples were sold in the afternoon. As a result, the number of apples left became 1/6 of the total apples at first. Given that the apples were sold at $2.50 in packs of six apples, how much did Jessie receive from the sale of the apples in the afternoon?"
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At Jessie's fruit stall, 280 apples were sold in the morning and 3/5 of the remaining apples were sold in the afternoon. As a result, the number of apples left became 1/6 of the total apples at first. Given that the apples were sold at $2.50 in packs of six apples, how much did Jessie receive from the sale of the apples in the afternoon?
Let the original number of apples=A
Remaining apples after sale of 280 =A - 280
Remaining apples after the sale of 3/5=2/5[A - 280]
2/5[A - 280] = 1/6A, solve for A
A = 480 original number of apples.
3/5[480 - 280] =120 apples were sold in the afternoon.
120/ 6 = 20 packs of apples sold in the afternoon.
20 x $2.50 = $50 Total amount that Jessie recieved in the afternoon.
