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Matt is planting fruit trees in his orchard. For every 3 apple trees, he plants 2 peach trees. If Matt wants 15 trees in all, how many apple trees will he plant? How many peach trees?

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  1. 9 May, 09:36
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    9 apple, 6 peach trees.

    Step-by-step explanation:

    Ratio of apple to peach trees is 3:2 so the number of apple trees is 3/5 of the total.

    So the number of apple trees in 15 is 3/5 * 15 = 9 apple trees.

    The number of peach trees will be 15 - 9 = 6.
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