Problema Solution

Three types of trees are in a local park. The numb

er of aspens is 4 more than twice the

number of birch, and there were 50 more pines than

birch. There are a total of 874 trees in the

park. How many of each kind are there

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Let 'x' represent the number of birch, then '2x+4' represents the number of aspens and 'x+50' represents the number of pines. 

874=x+(2x+4)+(x+50)

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solve for 'x'

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 x=205

 

2*205+4=414

205+50 = 255

 

So there are 414 aspens, 205 birch and 255 pines.