Math/Word problem ??? Help !!!?

Question

A Michigian orchard made 16,029 lb of taffy with approximately 1 lb of taffy mixture for each 61.2 pounds of apples. To the nearest tenth of a pound, how many pounds of apples and how many pounds of taffy were used?

How many pounds of taffy were used? ___

How many pounds of apples were used? ___

Answer 1

Let x be the common ratio, then

1x + 61.2x = 16029

62.2x = 16029

x = 16029/62.2 ~ 257.7009646302

There was about 257.7 pounds of taffy.

There was about 61.2(257.7009646302) ~ 15771.3 pounds of apples.

You can double check that they add up to 16,029.