A fruit salad mixture consists of apples, peaches, and grapes. There are 2 times as many pounds of apples as grapes and 3 times as many pounds of peaches as grapes. If a mixture that has an average (arithmetic mean) of 12 pounds per fruit, how many more pounds of apples than grapes does the mixture have?  Pick one:
A) 15  B) 12  C) 9  D) 6  E) 4
A+P+G= 12*2   A=2G   P=3G   3G+2G+G= 12*2   G= 12*2/6= 
<gadget id="calculator">12*2/6</gadget>
<output>4</output>
4   A= 4*2= 
<gadget id="calculator">4*2</gadget>
<output>8</output>
8   Difference= 8-4= 
<gadget id="calculator">8-4</gadget>
<output>4</output>
4   '4' is the answer
<result>E</result>
A fruit salad mixture consists of apples, peaches, and grapes. There are 2 times as many pounds of apples as grapes and 3 times as many pounds of peaches as grapes. If a mixture that has an average (arithmetic mean) of 12 pounds per fruit, how many more pounds of apples than grapes does the mixture have?