Question

. A large tree, b, removes 1.5 kg of pollution from the air each year. A small tree, s, removes 0.04 kg of pollution each year. An urban forest has 1,650 large and small trees. Together, these trees remove 1,818 kg of pollution each year. Which system of equations could be used to find the number of large and small trees in the forest?

Answer 1

Answer:

The system of equations are:

s + b = 1650.... Equation 1

0.04s + 1.5b = 1818........ Equation 2

The number of

Small trees = 450 trees

The number of Big trees = 1200 trees

Step-by-step explanation:

From the above question

Small trees = s

Large trees = b

An urban forest has 1,650 large and small trees.

Hence,

s + b = 1650.... Equation 1

s = 1650 -b

A large tree, b, removes 1.5 kg of pollution from the air each year. A small tree, s, removes 0.04 kg of pollution each year. Together, these trees remove 1,818 kg of pollution each year.

Hence:

0.04s + 1.5b = 1818........ Equation 2

We substitute 1650 - b for s

0.04(1650 - b) + 1.5b = 1818

66 - 0.04b + 1.5b = 1818

- 0.04b + 1.5b = 1818 - 66

1.46b = 1752

b = 1752 ÷ 1.46

b = 1200 trees

Solving for x

1650 - b = s

s = 1650 - 1200

s = 450 trees