Question

There are nine oak trees in a park. The oak trees make up 45% of all the trees in the park. How many trees are in the park?

Answers

Aria
This is how I wold solve this:

9 * .45 = ?

Use a calculator or something to figure it out.

Hope I helped. :)
Amy
So there are 4.05 trees in the park?
Aria
Well, there is 4 trees in the park.
Amy
Ok thank u
Aria
You're welcome, Amy
Ms. Sue
These answers make absolutely no sense!! If there are 9 oak trees, how can there only be 4 trees total???

Let x = the total number of trees.

0.45x = 9

x = 9 / 0.45

x = 20
Amy
So glad u are on here thanks for checking this
Ms. Sue
You're welcome. It's always a good idea to check back on previously answered questions. :-)

It's also a good idea to make sure that any answer anyone posts makes sense. If you don't understand -- ask again.

Amy
Ok I will

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