Frank owns an apple farm and plans to spend 4 hours today picking apples. The number of apples he can pick per hour depends on the total number of hours he spends working in either the east orchard or the west orchard in the manner shown in the table below. $$\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c | }
\hline \begin{array} { c }
\text { Hours in } \
\text { East } \
\text { Orchard }
\end{array} & \begin{array} { c }
\text { Number of } \
\text { Apples Per } \
\text { Hour }
\end{array} & \begin{array} { c }
\text { Hours in } \
\text { West } \
\text { Orchard }
\end{array} & \begin{array} { c }
\text { Number of } \
\text { Apples Per } \
\text { Hour }
\end{array} \
\hline 1 & 40 & 1 & 10 \
\hline 2 & 32 & 2 & 10 \
\hline 3 & 25 & 3 & 10 \
\hline 4 & 20 & 4 & 10 \
\hline
\end{array}$$ If Frank spends 2 hours picking apples in the east orchard and 2 hours picking apples in the west orchard, how many apples in total will Frank be able to pick today?

Question

Frank owns an apple farm and plans to spend 4 hours today picking apples. The number of apples he can pick per hour depends on the total number of hours he spends working in either the east orchard or the west orchard in the manner shown in the table below. $$\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c | } 
\hline \begin{array} { c } 
\text { Hours in } \
\text { East } \
\text { Orchard }
\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } 
\text { Number of } \
\text { Apples Per } \
\text { Hour }
\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } 
\text { Hours in } \
\text { West } \
\text { Orchard }
\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } 
\text { Number of } \
\text { Apples Per } \
\text { Hour }
\end{array} \
\hline 1 & 40 & 1 & 10 \
\hline 2 & 32 & 2 & 10 \
\hline 3 & 25 & 3 & 10 \
\hline 4 & 20 & 4 & 10 \
\hline
\end{array}$$ If Frank spends 2 hours picking apples in the east orchard and 2 hours picking apples in the west orchard, how many apples in total will Frank be able to pick today?

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

If Frank spends 2 hours picking apples in the east orchard and 2 hours picking apples in the west orchard, then he picks 2*40 + 2*10 = 80 apples.

Since he only spends 4 hours picking apples in total, he can't work any longer.

Therefore, the total number of apples he can pick today is 80. Answer choice C is the only one that matches this.

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