Question

Haitian farmers are buying mango tree saplings for $10 each, and the full-grown trees produce $75 of fruit each year. If a farmer wishes to earn $1,500 per year when the trees are grown, how much will the farmer have to spend on saplings?a)$100b)$150c)$200d)$750e)$1,000

Answer 1

c) $200

Explanation:

if the farmer wishes to earn $1500 per year he needs 1500/75=20 trees producing fruit

Because each tree produces 75$ of fruit per year

if we wants 20 trees he has to spend 20*$10=$200

Because each tree has a cost of 10$