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on a package of pansy seeds, it says that about 1/2% of the seed package was weed seeds. if there are 2 weed seeds in the packahe, how many pansy seeds are there?

thanks

2007-05-22 08:29:45 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference Homework Help

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Let x be the number of pansy seeds

1/2% or 0.005x = 2

x = 400 pansy seeds per package.
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2007-05-22 08:34:54 · answer #1 · answered by Robert L 7 · 0 0

1/2% = 1/200
so if there are two weed seeds there are 400 seeds in total making 398 pansy seeds.

2007-05-22 15:35:54 · answer #2 · answered by rebecca c 1 · 0 0

Perhaps if you quit smoking the weed, you could do your own homework.

2007-05-22 15:32:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

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