James uses 1/3 of his land for growing durian 1/4 for bananas and 3/8 for guava and remaining 9 hecters for mangoes.what is the total area of land

Question

Jame uses 1/3 of his land for growing durian 1 / 4 for bananas and 3 / 8 for guava and remaining 9 hecters for mangoes.what is the total number of people 

Answer 1

What fraction f of land is used for mangoes?

1/3 + 1/4 + 3/8 + f = 1

 

f = 1 - 1/3 - 1/4 - 3/8

 

f = 24/24 - 8/24 - 6/24 - 9/24, finding a common denominator 24.

 

f = 1/24

 

So, 9 hectares represents 1/24 of the land. Therefore, the total land area is (1/24)A = 9, or A = (24)(9) = 216 hectares.