Question

A farmer plants five apple trees in 25 minutes. If he continues to work at a constant rate, how long will it take him to plant 200 trees?

Answer 1

trees=200*5

=1000 mins

=16.67 hours.

he will take 16.67hours to plant 200 trees.

Answer 2

given:

five apple trees in 25 mins.

to find:

the duration he'll take to plant 200 trees.

solution:

let the time taken to plant 1 tree be x.

5x=25

=>x=25/5-5 mins

time taken to plant 200 trees:

trees=200*5

=1000mins

=16.67 hours.

therefore, he'll take 16.67 hours to plant 200 trees.