At a certain food stand, the price of each apple is 40¢ and the price of each orange is 60¢. Mary selects a total of 10 apples and oranges from the food stand, and the average (arithmetic mean) price of the 10 pieces of fruit is 54¢. How many oranges must Mary put back so that the average price of the pieces of fruit that she keeps is 45¢?  Pick one
A) 2  B) 3  C) 4  D) 5  E) 6

Rationale: "if the average price is 54 , then mary has 7 oranges and 3 apples ( a ratio of 7 : 3 ) . for the average price to be 45 , the ratio should be 1 : 3 . mary must put back 6 oranges . the answer is e ."
Answer: E