Question

In a horticultural experiment, 200 seeds were planted in plot i and 300 were planted in plot ii. If 57 percent of the seeds in plot i germinated and 42 percent of the seeds in plot ii germinated, what percent of the total number of planted seeds germinated?

Answer 1

Answer is 48 percent.

Plot 1: 200 seeds. Out of which 57 percent germinated i.e., 114 seeds germinated.

Plot 2: 300 seeds. Out of which 42 percent germinated i.e., 126 seeds germinated.

Now total no. of seeds= 200+300=500.

Total no. of seeds germinated =114+126=240.

Percent of total no. of germinated seeds=(240/500)*100

=240/5

=48.