Question

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

Answer 1

Let x = the number of trees in the garden

Coconut tree count: .60x

Mango tree count: .25(.60x)

Apple tree count: .20(.25)(.60x)

Answer 2

Apple tree count:
.20(.25)(.60x) = 1500

x = 50,000 which is the number of trees in the garden.