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If 20% percent of the trees in a certain park are evergreen, and 40 % of the non evergreens are maple trees, and there are 75 % as many oak trees as maple trees in the park, what percent of the trees in the park are not maples,oaks or evergreens?
a) 10% b) 12 % C) 20 % d) 24% E) 25 %
I just wanted to confirm my answer to this question. My answer was D.
There are x trees in the park and:
.20(x)=Evergreen
.60(x)*.4=.32(x)=Maple
.75*.32(x)=.24(x)= Oak
x-.20(x)-.32(x)-.24(x)=x-.76(x)=.24(x)
a) 10% b) 12 % C) 20 % d) 24% E) 25 %
I just wanted to confirm my answer to this question. My answer was D.
There are x trees in the park and:
.20(x)=Evergreen
.60(x)*.4=.32(x)=Maple
.75*.32(x)=.24(x)= Oak
x-.20(x)-.32(x)-.24(x)=x-.76(x)=.24(x)
