Emily POTW Solution
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Emily solved a problem about the number of apples and pears in a box where the number of rotten pieces from each fruit must be equal. She defined a as the number of apples and p as the number of pears, then set up the equation a+p=total pieces of rotten fruit and solved it to find that the fraction of rotten fruit in the box is equal to the number of rotten apples divided by the total number of fruits.
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Emily POTW Solution
- 1. Emily’s Solution to POTW
- 2. a=# of apples p=# of pears Solve for P =#of rotten apples =# of rotten Pears Because the pieces of rotten fruit are equal let
- 3. a+p= total # of pieces of fruit Plug in for for p into a+p Since = OR But I did everything in terms of a rather than p.
- 4. # of pieces of rotten fruit Simplify Is the total fraction of rotten fruit in the box.