Question

in a pasture of grass and other plants, the biomass of insect makes up 5000 kilogram. This is 5% of the total biomass of pasture. What is the total biomass of the pasture?

Answer 1

Answer:

The total biomass is 100000kg

Explanation:

Given

Insects = 5000kg

Required

Determine the total biomass

Represent the total biomass with T;

The given parameters show that;

$Insect = 5\% * T$

Substitute 5000 for Insect

$5000 = 5\% * T$

Convert percentage to decimal

$5000 = 0.05 * T$

Divide through by 0.05

$T = 5000/0.05$

$T = 100000$

Hence, the total biomass is 100000kg