It is estimated that 34% of the new trees planted each year are lost in the dry summer. If a farmer planted 37,000 pines, how many could she expect to lose?
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.34/37,000
.34/37,000 = 0.0000001
Does that make sense?
0.34 * 37,000 = ?
To find out how many trees the farmer could expect to lose, we need to calculate 34% of the number of trees planted.
Step 1: Calculate 34% of 37,000
To do this, we multiply 37,000 by 34%.
34% is equivalent to 0.34 in decimal form.
Mathematically, the calculation would be:
37,000 * 0.34 = 12,580
Therefore, the farmer could expect to lose approximately 12,580 trees.