Mrs wong has 2000 plants in her nursery . 65% of the plants were orchids and the rest were roses . after some orchids were sild

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3 years ago

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and 125 roses were added , the percenrage of orchids became 45% of all the plants in the nursery. how many orchids did she sell?

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Volgvan · Answer 1 · 2022-01-03T21:51:02+03:00

Volgvan3 years ago

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2000*0.65=1300 orchids
2000-1300=700 roses
700+125=825 roses

825 - 0.65
x - 0.45
x=(825*0.45)/0.65=572 orchids