Question

in a wood there are 420 silver birch trees, 160 oak tees and 300 wild cherry trees. what is the percentage of the oak trees give your answer to 1 decimal place

Answer 1

18.2%

Explanation:

The total number of trees in the wood = 420 + 160 + 300

= 880 trees

∴ The percentage of the oak trees =
`(160)/(880) * (100)/(1)`

=
`(2 * 100)/(11)`%

=
`(200)/(11)`%

= 18.181818...%

In 1 decimal place = 18.2%

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