Tia owns a fruit shop and is selling a fresh lot of apples and oranges. She wants the ratio of apples to oranges sold to be 4 to 2. Tia wants to sell a total of 48 apples and oranges. How many apples should she sell?

32 apples

Step-by-step explanation:

The ratio of apples to oranges sold is given as 4 to 2. Since Tia wants to sell a total of 48 apples and oranges, the number of apples that she should sell would be:

= 4/(4+2) × 48

= 4/6 × 48

= 32

Therefore, he should sell 32 apples.