Based on this year's cost, an orchade grower budgets P

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Based on this year's cost, an orchade grower budgets P dollars for planting N trees next yr. If the average cost of planting each tree were to increase by 25 percent from this years cost, then the greatest number of trees that the orchard grower could plant next year using P dollars would be?

A. 20 percent less than N
B. 25 percent less than N
C. equal to N
D. 20 percent greater than N
E. 25 percent greater than N

Himalayan · Answer

= n/1.25 
= .8n

i.e 20% of n less than n.

ioiio · Answer

1/1.25 = 0.8

20% less.

ywilfred · Answer

This year: Cost per tree = P/N dollars
Next year: Cost per tree = 5P/4N dollars

So next year with P dollars, can only plant 4N/5 trees. This is N/5 trees less than this year. So the percentage difference = N/5 * 1/N * 100% = 20% drop.

FN · Answer

cost=N

Money=p

P/N=1

cost now 1.25N

1/1.25=0.8 or 80% 

therfore 20percent less tree will be planted

Based on this year's cost, an orchade grower budgets P

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