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Question 87

A farmer planted 1890 tomato plants in a field in rows each having 63 plants. A certain type of worm destroyed 18 plants in each row. How many plants did the worm destroy in the whole field?

Answer 1

Given, total plants farmer planted = 1890
And plants in each row = 63
Then, number of rows = $\frac{1890}{63}$ = $30$
Plants destroyed by worm in 1 row = 18 [Given]
$\therefore$ Plants destroyed by worm in 30 rows = $18\times 30$ = 540.
Hence, the worm destroyed 540 plants in the whole field.