Sheila went to the store and bought 28 apples. She bought twice as many red apples as she bought green, and she bought one-fourth as many yellow as she did red. How many of each type of apple did she buy?

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anonymous · Answer

this can be solved algebrically..

anonymous · Answer

let she bought x yellow apples then she must have bought 4x red apples and 2x green apples
hence we can write the equation 
as 
x+2x+4x=28

anonymous · Answer

or 7x=28
x=4
yellow apples =4
red apples =16
green apples = 8