Diana picked a number of pears, each of which she sold, canned, or poached. If she canned 60 percent more than she poached, and she poached 50 percent less than she sold. If there were a total of 115 pears, then how many pears did she sell?	Choose the correct answer.
A) 41
B) 44
C) 47
D) 50
E) 53
Let x be the amount of pears that she sold.   Then she poached 0.5x.   Then she canned  1.6*0.5= 
<gadget id="calculator"> 1.6*0.5</gadget>
<output>0.8</output>
0.8x.   The total amount of pears is x+0.5x+0.8x=2.3x   The fraction of pears that she sold is 1/2.3=10/23.   The number of pears she sold is   (10/23)*115= 
<gadget id="calculator">  (10/23)*115</gadget>
<output>50</output>
50.   The answer is 50.
<result>D</result>
Diana picked a number of pears, each of which she sold, canned, or poached. If she canned 60 percent more than she poached, and she poached 50 percent less than she sold. If there were a total of 115 pears, then how many pears did she sell?