Question

Olive has 600 fruit trees. Some of the trees are apple trees. The rest of the trees are pears trees and plum trees in the ratio of 7:5 there are 175 plum trees what is the fraction of apple trees

Answer 1

Answer: 3/10

Explanation:

Since the rest of the trees are pears trees and plum trees in the ratio of 7:5 and there are 175 plum trees, the number of pear trees will be:

= 175 ÷ 5/7

= 175 × 7/5

= 245

Plum trees = 175

Pear trees = 245

Apple trees = 600 - (175 + 245)

= 600 - 420

= 180

Fraction of apple trees = Number of apple trees / Total number of trees

= 180/600

= 3/10