The average height of a seedling brought from a nursery to a store is 125 cm. The growth of a plum

The average height of a seedling brought from a nursery to a store is 125 cm. The growth of a plum seedling is 140% of the average height of a seedling. How many centimeters is the growth of a plum sapling?

We accept the percentage of the growth of the seedling, which was brought from the nursery as 100%

Let’s say that the growth of a plum sapling is x cm.

Thus, we can make a proportion in which 125 cm refers to 100%, just as the unknown growth of a plum sapling x refers to 140%.

Will be:

125/100% = x / 140%.

100 * x = 140 * 125.

100 * x = 17500.

x = 17500/100 = 175 cm.

Answer: The growth of a plum sapling is 175 cm.