Cara picked a number of pears, each of which she sold, canned, or poached. If she canned 40 percent more than she poached, and she poached 80 percent less than she sold. If there were a total of 111 pears, then how many pears did she sell?  Options
A) 69	B) 72	C) 75	D) 78	E) 81
Let x be the amount of pears that she sold.   Then she poached 0.2x.   Then she canned  1.4*0.2= 
<gadget id="calculator"> 1.4*0.2</gadget>
<output>0.28</output>
0.28x.   The total amount of pears is x+0.2x+0.28x=1.48x   The fraction of pears that she sold is 1/1.48=100/148=25/37.   The number of pears she sold is   (25/37)*111= 
<gadget id="calculator">  (25/37)*111</gadget>
<output>75</output>
75.   The answer is 75.
<result>C</result>
Cara picked a number of pears, each of which she sold, canned, or poached. If she canned 40 percent more than she poached, and she poached 80 percent less than she sold. If there were a total of 111 pears, then how many pears did she sell?