65% of the trees in a park are pine trees.There are 26 maple trees in the park.What is the total amount of trees in the entire.

This is working with proportion

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65% of the trees in a park are pine trees.There are 26 maple trees in the park.What is the total amount of trees in the entire.

This is working with proportion

anonymous · Answer

.65*26

anonymous · Answer

wait

anonymous · Answer

yeah is good i 2 was just confirming

anonymous · Answer

If 65% are pine trees then that means that 35% are maple trees, assuming the park consists of just pine and maple trees

anonymous · Answer

Ohh I read it wrong sorry

anonymous · Answer

That means that 35% of x number of trees equals 26 maples trees
.35 x=26
x=74.286

anonymous · Answer

that means that there are approx. 74 trees and if 26 of them are maple trees then that means that there are approx. 48.3 pine trees