Question

a gardener has some apple and peach trees in his garden. he has 18 apple trees and the peach trees is 2/5 of the whole. what is the total number of trees he has?

Answer 1

30

Explanation:

If P is the number of peach trees and T is the total number of trees, then:

P = 2/5 T

P + 18 = T

If we substitute the first equation into the second:

2/5 T + 18 = T

18 = 3/5 T

T = 30

The gardener has 30 trees.