Katarina is a botanist studying the production of pears by two types of pear trees. She notices that Type A trees produced 20 percent more pears than Type B trees did. Based on Katarina's observation, if the Type A trees produced 144 pears, how many pears did the Type B trees produce?
The correct option is B: 120
Since Katarina notices that Type A trees produced 20 percent more pears than
Type B trees did.
∴ Since Type A trees produced 144 pears, the "20 percent more" than the same amount is 120% of Pears produced by Type B, that is:
144=120100×B
⇒144×100=120×B
⇒14400=120×B
⇒B=14400120
⇒B=120
Hence, if the Type A trees produced 144 pears, then Type B trees produced 120 pears.