Question

A farmer is planning on picking 1,000 bell peppers on the first day of the harvest. After picking the first 600, he finds that 70 percent of them are green and 30 percent of them are red. How many of the remaining peppers must he pick must be red in order for exactly half of the total number of peppers picked to be red?

Answer 1

320 red bell peppers

Step-by-step explanation:

First, let's calculate how many green and red bell peppers the farmer harvest in the first time:

Green peppers: 600*70/100 = 420

Red peppers: 600*30/100 = 180

If the farmer wants that half (50%) of the pepper harvest are red:

The total number of red peppers harvest have to be:

100*50/100 = 500

For this reason, the amount of remaining red peppers that have to be harvest are:

500 - 180 = 320

Answer: The farmer has to harvest more 320 red bell peppers