Samantha works at a nursery where she pots plants. It takes her 1 1/2 hours to pot 12 plants. How many plants can Samantha pot i
n 1 hour? (Please give me the equation you used.)
Please help fast!
Please help fast!
1 answer:
To answer this you could write the first rate that is given (12 plants: 1.5 hours in fraction form and make it equivalent to a second rate of x: 1 hour. X represents the number of plants in an hour.
You can use cross products to solve for x. Please see the attached picture for the steps. The answer is 8 plants.
You can use cross products to solve for x. Please see the attached picture for the steps. The answer is 8 plants.
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We apply distributive property on the left side of the equation:
We simplify the left side of the equation:
Different signs are subtracted and the major sign is placed.
On the right side we must take into account that:
So:
We add x to both sides of the equation:
We subtract 2 from both sides of the equation:
We multiply by 3 on both sides of the equation:
We divide by 8 on both sides of the equation:
Thus, the solution of the equation is:
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