Which of the following shows the ratio of circles to squares? * Captionless Image
3 : 5
2 : 3
2 : 5
3: 2

Let's call the number of rows 'R'.

There are (3x -2) trees in each row, and there are 'R' rows,
so the total number of trees is [ R times (3x-2) ].

But the problem told you that the total number of trees is (24x-16).
So
       R(3x - 2) = (24x - 16)

Factor '8' out of the right side:

       R(3x - 2) = 8(3x - 2)

Divide each side by (3x - 2) :

       R      =      8

There are eight (8) rows of trees.