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A forest has 6500 trees.
The trees are beech or maple.
number of beech : number of maple = 1.6:1
(a) What fraction of the trees are beech?

Respuesta :

Answer:4000

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

There are a total of 6500 trees

The ratio of beech and maple is [tex]1.6:1[/tex]

So, no of beech are   [tex]\frac{1.6}{2.6}\times 6500=4000[/tex]

no of maple are   [tex]\frac{1}{2.6}\times 6500=2500[/tex]