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We're told that for the past few months, Old Maple Farms
has grown about 1,000 more apples than their chief rival
in the region, River Orchards.
Due to cold weather this year, the harvests at both farms
were down by about a third.
However, both farms made up for some of the shortfall by
purchasing equal quantities of apples from farms in
neighboring states.
What can you say about the number of apples
available at each farm?
Does one farm have more than the other, or do they have the
same amount?
How do I know?
So let's define some variables here.
Let's let M be equal to number of apples at Maple Farms. And
then who's the other guy?
River Orchards.
So let's let R be equal to the number of
apples at River Orchards.
So this first sentence, they say-- let me do this in a
different color-- they say for the past few years, Old Maple
Farms has grown about 1,000 more apples than their chief
rival in the region, River Orchards.
So we could say, hey, Maple is approximately Old River, or M
is approximately River plus 1,000.
Or since we don't know the exact amount-- it says it's
about 1,000 more, so we don't know it's exactly 1,000 more--
we can just say that in a normal year, Old Maple Farms,
which we denote by M, has a larger amount of apples than
River Orchard.
So in a normal year, M is greater than R, right?
It has about 1,000 more apples than Old Maple Farms.
Now, they say due to cold weather this year-- so let's
talk about this year now-- the harvests at both farms were
down about a third.
So this isn't a normal year.
Let's talk about what's going to happen this year.
In this year, each of these characters are going to be
down by 1/3.
Now if I go down by 1/3, that's the same thing as being
2/3 of what I was before.
Let me do an example.
If I'm at x, and I take away 1/3x, I'm left with 2/3x.
So going down by 1/3 is the same thing as multiplying the
quantity by 2/3.
So if we multiply each of these quantities by 2/3, we
can still hold this inequality, because we're
doing the same thing to both sides of this inequality, and
we're multiplying by a positive number.
If we were multiplying by a negative number, we would have
to swap the inequality.
So we can multiply both sides of this by 2/3.
So 2/3 of M is still going to be greater than 2/3 of R.
And you could even draw that in a number line if you like.
Let's do this in a number line.
This all might be a little intuitive for you, and if it
is, I apologize, but if it's not, it never hurts.
So that's 0 on our number line.
So in a normal year, M is has 1,000 more than R.
So in a normal year, M might be over here and
maybe R is over here.
I don't know, let's say R is over there.
Now, if we take 2/3 of M, that's going to stick us some
place around, oh, I don't know, 2/3
is right about there.
So this is M-- let me write this-- this is 2/3 M.
And what's 2/3 of R going to be?
Well, if you take 2/3 of this, you get to right about there,
that is 2/3R.
So you can see, 2/3R is still less than 2/3M, or 2/3M is
greater than 2/3R.
Now, they say both farms made up for some of the shortfall
by purchasing equal quantities of apples from farms in
neighboring states.
So let's let a be equal to the quantity
of apples both purchased.
So they're telling us that they both
purchased the same amount.
So we could add a to both sides of this equation and it
will not change the inequality.
As long as you add or subtract the same value to both sides,
it will not change the inequality.
So if you add a to both sides, you have a plus 2/3M is a
greater than 2/3R plus a.
This is the amount that Old Maple Farms has after
purchasing the apples, and this is the amount that River
Orchards has.
So after everything is said and done, Old Maple Farms
still has more apples, and you can see that here.
Maple Farms, a normal year, this year they only had 2/3 of
the production, but then they purchased a apples.
So let's say a is about, let's say that a is that many
apples, so they got back to their normal amount.
So let's say they got back to their normal amount.
So that's how many apples they purchased, so
he got back to M.
Now, if R, if River Orchards also purchased a apples, that
same distance, a, if you go along here gets you to right
about over there.
So once again, this is-- let me do it a little bit
different, because I don't like it overlapping, so let me
do it like this.
So let's say this guy, M-- I keep forgetting their names--
Old Maple Farms purchases a apples, gets them that far.
So that's a apples.
But River Orchards also purchases a apples, so let's
add that same amount.
I'm just going to copy and paste it so it's the exact
same amount.
So River Orchards also purchases a, so it also
purchases that same amount.
So when all is said and done, River Orchards is going to
have this many apples in the year that they had less
production but they went and purchased it.
So this, right here, is-- this value right here
is 2/3R plus a.
That's what River Orchards has.
And then Old Maple Farms has this value right here, which
is 2/3M plus a.
Everything said and done, Old Maple Farms
still has more apples.

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