Question

In a wood there are 420 silver birch trees 160 oak trees and 300 wild cherry trees what percentage is the oak trees give answer to 1 decimal place

Answer 1

that would be 7.2 if my calculations are correct

Answer 2

Answer:
`18.2\%`

Explanation:

Given : The number of silver birch trees = 420

The number of oak trees = 160

The number of wild cherry trees =300

The total number of trees =
`420+160+300=880`

Now, the percentage of oak trees :-

`\frac{\text{Number of oak trees}}{\text{Total trees}}*100\\\\=(160)/(880)*100=18.1818181818\approx18.2\%`

Hence, the percentage of oak trees
`=18.2\%`