A grower wants to have three orange trees for every five grapefruit trees. He has planted 75 orange trees and 50 grapefruit trees. To maintain his ratio, how many more grapefruit trees must he plant? Use a chart to show your answer.

Question

Cailyn Munoz

31 December, 06:03

+1

Answers (2)

Know the Answer?

Sylvia Nicholson · Answer 1

You need to have a 3:5 ratio

with 75 orange trees you have your 3

75:3=25

25x5 = 125 grapefruit tree is what you need

125-50 = 75 more to plant

Kailee Fowler · Answer 2

Kailee Fowler 31 December, 07:52

0

25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25