At the beginning of the season, MacDonald had to remove 5 orange trees from his farm. Each of the remaining trees produced 210 oranges for a total harvest of 41790 oranges.
Write an equation to determine the initial number of orange trees (t) on MacDonald's farm.
Let t be the initial number of orange trees on MacDonald's farm.
After removing 5 trees, the number of remaining trees is t - 5.
Each remaining tree produced 210 oranges, so the total number of oranges produced by the remaining trees is (t - 5) * 210.
The total harvest of oranges is 41790, so we can write the equation:
(t - 5) * 210 = 41790
Simplify the equation:
210t - 1050 = 41790
Add 1050 to both sides:
210t = 42840
Divide by 210:
t = 204
Therefore, the initial number of orange trees on MacDonald's farm was 204.