My question is: In a batch of 30 apples, 1/6 are too small and 1/3 are not ripe. The others are perfect. Calculate the number of perfect apples. Your thoughts:
We first calculate the proportion of all the other apples: 1 / 6 + 1 / 4 + 1 / 12 = 2 / 12 + 3 / 12 + 1 / 12 = 6 / 12. So, the proportion of perfect apples is 12 / 12 - 6 / 12 = 6 / 12 = 0.5. Thus the number of perfect apples is 0.5 * 30 = 15. The final answer: 15.