A shopping cart contains only apples, oranges, and pears. If there are twice as many oranges as apples, and four times as many pears as oranges, then the apples are equivalent to what fraction of the pears? Choose the correct choice from the following answers.
A) 1/6  B) 1/8  C) 2/3  D) 1/3  E) 1/4
O = 2A   P = 4O = 8A   A = P/8   The answer is 1/8.
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A shopping cart contains only apples, oranges, and pears. If there are twice as many oranges as apples, and four times as many pears as oranges, then the apples are equivalent to what fraction of the pears?