Question

After a storm, 135 trees out of 180 were left standing. What is the percentage loss of the number of trees?

Answer 1

Answer:

Percentage loss of the number of trees is $25\%$.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given: After a storm, $135$ trees out of $180$ were left standing.

To find: What is the percentage loss of the number of trees?

Solution:

We have,

Total number of trees $=180$

Number of trees left standing $=135$

Therefore, loss of trees$=180-135=45$

We now that $\text {Loss\%}=\frac{\text{Number of trees left}}{\text{Total number of trees}}\times 100 \%$

$\implies \text {Loss\%}=\frac{45}{180}\times 100 \%$

$\implies \text {Loss\%}=\frac{450}{18} \%$

$\implies \text {Loss\%}=25 \%$

Hence, the percentage loss of the number of trees is $25\%$.