SOLUTION: half of a herd of deer are grazing in the field and three-fourths of the remaining are playing nearby. the rest 9 are drinking water from the pond.find the number of deer in the he
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Question 888182: half of a herd of deer are grazing in the field and three-fourths of the remaining are playing nearby. the rest 9 are drinking water from the pond.find the number of deer in the herd.
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
9/0.125=72 total
72*0.5=36
36*0.25=9
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9 equals 0.125 or 12.5% of total
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