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Tia owns a fruit shop and is selling a fresh lot of apples and oranges. She wants the ratio of apples to oranges sold to be 3 to 2. Tia wants to sell a total of 40 apples and oranges. How many apples should she sell?

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Answer: 28 apples Step-by-step explanation: Let x----> the number of apples y ----> the number of oranges we know that x+y=42 ----> equation A x/y=4/2 ----> x=2y ----> equation B Solve the system of equations by substitution substitute equation B in equation A and solve for y 2y+y=42 3y=42 y=42/3=14 oranges Find the value of x x=2y ----> x=2(14)=28 apples

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