Question

tapiwa raked 5% more leaves than adam raked .tapiwa raked 357 liters of leaves. how many liters of leaves did adam rake?

Answer 1

Since Tapiwa raked 5% more leaves than Adam did. She raked the amoutn that Adam raked PLUS 5% of what he raked, so she raked 105% of what he raked. Since Tapiwa raked 357 liters of leaves, set up the equation:

357 = 1.05x

Divide by 1.05.

340 = x

Adam raked 340 liters of leaves.

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