Question

One of the seed banks has been storing seeds of a rare and endangered plant to keep the seeds fresh.120 of the seeds of this plant were selected to be grown out of this 120 seeds only 90 germinated

what percentage of the seeds was not fertile?show all your working​

Answer 1

25%

Step-by-step explanation:

According to this question, a seek stored seeds of a rare and endangered plant. In order to ensure that the seeds remain fresh, 120 seeds are selected to be grown. However, out of these 120 seeds, only 90 germinated. This means that only 90 of 120 seeds are fertile.

This further means that (120-90) = 30 seeds are infertile and hence, could not germinate. In percentage, this can be represented as:

30/120 × 100

= 1/4 × 100

= 100/4

= 25% of the selected seeds are infertile.