A farmer is trying to grow the largest pumpkin for the county fair. He estimates that in one month he will grow his current largest pumpkin by 35 percent. A traveling salesman offers him a plant fertilizer that is guaranteed to help grow the pumpkin an additional 5 percent. If the salesman's product works, what is the total percentage increases the farmer will achieve with his pumpkin in one month. Answers
A) 41.75% B) 40% C) 30% D) 33.25% E) 42%
(100%+35%)*(100%+5%) = 1.35*1.05= 
<gadget id="calculator">1.35*1.05</gadget>
<output>1.4175</output>
1.4175 which constitutes a growth of 41.75% in the farmers pumpkin   The 41.75%nswer is 41.75%
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A farmer is trying to grow the largest pumpkin for the county fair. He estimates that in one month he will grow his current largest pumpkin by 35 percent. A traveling salesman offers him a plant fertilizer that is guaranteed to help grow the pumpkin an additional 5 percent. If the salesman's product works, what is the total percentage increases the farmer will achieve with his pumpkin in one month.