Question

Supposing on a hypothetical garden 43 identical trees contain a total of 19,565 leaves. If each branch on a given tree consist of 35 leaves how many branches does each tree have?

Answer 1

Answer:

13

Explanation:

Let x be the number of branches of a tree

Total  number of trees=43

Total number of leaves=19,565

Number of leaves on one tree=35

Number of leaves on x branches of a tree=35 x

Total number of leaves on x branches on 43 trees=$35x\times 43$

According to question

$19565=43\times 35x$

$19565=1505x$

$x=\frac{19565}{1505}$

Using division property of equality

$x=13$

Hence, the total number of branches of each tree=13