Question

Three apples cost `37` cents. What would be the price of `1 3/4` dozen apples - A. `444` cents; B. `148` cents; C. `259` cents and D. `297` cents?

Answer 1

Answer is C i.e. `259` cents

Explanation:

As `3` apples cost `37` cents.

One apple will cost `37/3` cents.

Now `1 3/4` dozen apples are `12+12xx3/4=12+9=21` apples.

Hence, `1 3/4` dozen apples will cost `37/3xx21=37/(1cancel(3))xx7cancel(21)=37xx7=259` cents.

Hence answer is C i.e. `259` cents