Question

Mr. Jordan planted 16 tomato plants in his garden along with other vegetable plants. The tomato plants were 64% of the vegetable plants in his garden. How many vegetable plants were in his garden?

Answer 1

the answer is 100 because percent in base off of 100

Answer 2

Mr. Jordan's garden had 25 vegetable plants in total, with the 16 tomato plants being 64% of the entire vegetable population in the garden.

Step-by-step explanation:

Mr. Jordan's garden has a total number of vegetable plants which can be found using the percentage given. The tomato plants represent 64% of the total vegetable plants. To find the total number of vegetable plants, we can set up a simple proportion where 64% (or 0.64 as a decimal) corresponds to the 16 tomato plants.

To find the total number of vegetable plants, we divide the number of tomato plants by the percentage they represent:

Total vegetable plants = Number of tomato plants / Percentage of tomato plants as a decimal = 16 / 0.64 = 25

Therefore, there were 25 vegetable plants in Mr. Jordan's garden.