Question

A fruit stand has 200 apples. They order 19 bags with 12 apple each. They sell 42 bags that have 8 apples each. The owner says they now have about 120 apples. Is the owner's estimate reasonable? The owner's answer is reasonable. They ordered about 320 apples and sold about 240 so they should have about 80 fewer apples than they started with. The owner's estimate is not reasonable. They ordered about 320 apples and sold about 240 so they should have about 80 more apples than they started with. The owner's estimate is reasonable. They ordered about 240 apples and sold about 320 so they should have about 80 fewer apples than they started with. The owner's estimate is not reasonable. They ordered about 240 apples and sold about 240 so they should have about the same number of apples as they started with.

Answer 1

Answer:

The owner's estimate is reasonable. They ordered about 240 apples and sold about 320 so they should have about 80 fewer apples than they started with.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that:

Number of apples already available with Owner = 200

Number of bags of apples ordered with 12 apples each = 19

Number of apples ordered = 12 $\times$ 19 = 228

OR

Rounding off 19 to 20:

Number of apples ordered  = 12 $\times$ 20 = 240

Around 240 apples were ordered.

Number of bags of apples with 8 apples each, sold = 42

Number of apples sold = 42 $\times$ 8 = 336

Rounding off 42 to 40, number of apples sold = around 320

Therefore, 80 more apples were sold than that of apples bought.

So, according to the estimate, there will be 80 fewer apples left than they started with.

Correct answer is:

The owner's estimate is reasonable. They ordered about 240 apples and sold about 320 so they should have about 80 fewer apples than they started with