Question

Brianna hoped to get 100 pumkins from her garden this year. since the waether was favorable, 20% more pumkins grew than she expected. unfortunately, animals ate 30% of all the pumkins that grew. how many pumkins were left?

Answer 1

Brianna grew 20% more than the 100 pumpkins she expected, resulting in 120 pumpkins. However, 30% of these pumpkins were eaten by animals, which is 36 pumpkins. Thus, she was left with 84 pumpkins.

Step-by-step explanation:

Brianna hoped to harvest 100 pumpkins from her garden. With favorable weather, she ended up growing 20% more pumpkins than expected. To calculate how many pumpkins that is, you take the original number of 100 pumpkins and increase it by 20%.

20% of 100 pumpkins is 0.20 × 100 = 20 pumpkins. So, Brianna grew 100 + 20 = 120 pumpkins.

Unfortunately, animals ate 30% of the pumpkins. To find out how many pumpkins were lost to animals, calculate 30% of the 120 pumpkins Brianna grew.

30% of 120 pumpkins is 0.30 × 120 = 36 pumpkins. Therefore, the animals ate 36 pumpkins.

To find out how many pumpkins Brianna was left with, subtract the number eaten by animals from the total number of pumpkins grown:

120 pumpkins - 36 pumpkins eaten by animals = 84 pumpkins remaining.