In a big garden 60% of the trees are coconut trees, 25%of the number of coconut trees are mango trees and 20% of the number ofof mango trees are apple trees. if the number of apple trees are 1500 then the number of trees in the garden is?

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30 September, 19:59

In a big garden 60% of the trees are coconut trees, 25%of the number of coconut trees are mango trees and 20% of the number ofof mango trees are apple trees. if the number of apple trees are 1500 then the number of trees in the garden is?

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Jessie Bullock · Answer 1

the number of trees in the garden = x

coconut trees = 0.6x

mango trees = 0.6x * 0.25 = 0.15x

apple trees = 0.15x * 0.2 = 0.03x

0.03x = 1500

x = 1500/0.03

x = 50 000 ← the number of trees in the garden.