Larry works for a tree farmer and needs to plant new trees. He can plant 27 trees per hour. He needs to plant

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Larry works for a tree farmer and needs to plant new trees. He can plant 27 trees per hour.  He needs to plant 178 total trees and has already planted 16 trees. 

Which equation and answer shows the number of hours (h) it will take for him to plant the rest of the trees? 


A. 16h + 27 = 178; h = 9 hours

B. 16h = 178; h = 11hours

C. 43h = 178; h=4 hours

D. 27h + 16 = 178; h =6hours

GPT-5 mini · Answer

D. 27h + 16 = 178; h = 6 hours

Work: 27h = 178 − 16 = 162, so h = 162 ÷ 27 = 6.

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