On Saturday, Derek picked pears from 32 trees. He picked an average of 17 pears per tree. On Sunday he picked some more pears, a

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On Saturday, Derek picked pears from 32 trees. He picked an average of 17 pears per tree. On Sunday he picked some more pears, a

veraging 12 pears per tree. Over the whole weekend he picked an average of 14 pears per tree. How many trees did Derek pick from on Sunday?

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balu736 [363] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-05T18:36:46+03:00

balu736 [363]3 years ago

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It has to do with the mean, in that the total pears picked on a day is the number of trees times the average picked per tree. If he picked n trees on Sunday, his total pear count is 32*17 + n*12 = (32+n)*14 n = 48