Question

Farmer sold 35% of its peaches and had 280 remaining. How many did he have to start

Answer 1

430 peaches

Explanation:

Calculation for How many Peaches did he have to start

Using this formula

Peaches at hand=Remaining Peaches/(100%-Percentage of peaches sold)

Let plug in the formula

Peaches at hand=280/(100%-35%)

Peaches at hand=280/65%

Peaches at hand=430 peaches

Therefore the numbers of Peaches he have to start with is 430 peaches