Question

Ali, Ben, and Cliff plant seedlings in their neighborhood park. Ali plants 40% of the total number of seedlings, Ben plants 45% of the total number of seedlings, and Cliff plants the rest of the seedlings. If Cliff plants 87 seedlings, how many seedlings do the three boys plant altogether?

Answer 1

Answer:

580 seedlings altogether.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that,

Ali plants 40% of the total number of seedlings, Ben plants 45% of the total number of seedlings, and Cliff plants the rest of the seedlings. Cliff plants 87 seedlings.

The percentage of the seedling planted by Cliff = 100% - 45% - 40% = 15%

Let x = the total number of seedlings

$15\%\ of\ x=87\\\\x=\dfrac{87\times 100}{15}\\\\x=580$

Hence, three boys plant 580 seedlings altogether.