Answer: 600
Step-by-step explanation:
Given : Sue planted 4 times as many apple seeds as she planted orange seeds. 15 percent of the apple seeds grew into trees, and 10 percent of the orange seeds grew into trees
Let x be the number of apply seeds and y be the number of orange seeds , the we have the following equations:-
(1)
(2)
Put x= 4y in (2), we get
Divide both sides by 0.70.
Hence, Sue planted 600 orange seeds.