A farmer has an apple orchard consisting of fuji and gala apple trees. due to high winds this year 10% of his trees cross pollinated, creating trees that are part fuji and part gala. the number of his trees that are pure fuji plus the number that are part fuji and part gala totals 187, while 3/4 of all his trees are pure fuji. how many of his trees are pure gala?

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Kale Mccann

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3 June, 23:02

A farmer has an apple orchard consisting of fuji and gala apple trees. due to high winds this year 10% of his trees cross pollinated, creating trees that are part fuji and part gala. the number of his trees that are pure fuji plus the number that are part fuji and part gala totals 187, while 3/4 of all his trees are pure fuji. how many of his trees are pure gala?

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Lexi Flynn · Answer 1

3:4=0.75

0.75*100=75 make into a percentage which gives you 75%

187 * 75% = 140.25

140.25 trees are pure gala but if it needs to be rounded to the nearest whole number it would be 140 trees