A fruit salad mixture consists of apples, peaches, and grapes. There are 3 times as many pounds of apples as grapes and 2.5 times as many pounds of peaches as grapes. If a mixture that has an average (arithmetic mean) of 26 pounds per fruit, how many more pounds of apples than grapes does the mixture have?	Select: A) 24 B) 11 C) 9 D) 6 E) 5
24+P+G= 26*3   24=3G   P=2.5G   3G+2.5G+G= 26*3   G= 26*3/6.5= 
<gadget id="calculator">26*3/6.5</gadget>
<output>12</output>
12   24= 12*3= 
<gadget id="calculator">12*3</gadget>
<output>36</output>
36   Difference= 36-12= 
<gadget id="calculator">36-12</gadget>
<output>24</output>
24   '24' is the answer
<result>A</result>
A fruit salad mixture consists of apples, peaches, and grapes. There are 3 times as many pounds of apples as grapes and 2.5 times as many pounds of peaches as grapes. If a mixture that has an average (arithmetic mean) of 26 pounds per fruit, how many more pounds of apples than grapes does the mixture have?