At the beginning of the season, macdonald had to remove 5 orange trees from his farm. each of the remaining trees produced 210 oranges for a total harvest of 41790 oranges.

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Let t = initial number of trees "remove 5 trees at the start of the season"  means     (t    - 5)     remain "each remaining tree made 210 oranges for a total of 41,790 oranges"    means         ( t   - 5)           *        210                  = 41790 Now, you can solve for t:        (t-5)(210) = 41790                     [just re-writing]        210t - 1050 = 41790                    [distribute]        210t = 42840                            [add 1050 to each side]          t = 204                                  [divide each side by 210] There were initially 204 trees.  After 5 were removed, the remaining 199 produced 210 oranges each for a total of 199*210 = 41790 oranges.

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