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It takes 3 gardeners 30 minutes to plant 18 trees. How many gardeners would it take to plant 45 trees in 45 minutes

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Answer:

It will take 7.5 gardeners to plant 45 trees in 45 minutes

Explanation:

It takes 3 gardeners 30 minutes to plant 18 trees.

Let's determine the rate of this 3 gardeners

Rate= 18 trees/30 minutes

Rate= 2/5 trees per minute

So 3 gardeners= 2/5 trees per minute

But then one Gardner= 2/(3*5) trees per minute

One Gardner=2/15 trees per minute

Let's determine the number of gardeners it will take to plant 45 trees in 45 minutes

One Gardner=2/15 trees per minute

X(22 /3)= 2/15*(22.5/3)

It will take 7.5 gardeners to plant 45 trees in 45 minutes

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