Question

joseph is planting a garden. he plants 2 tomato plants for every 5 peppers. If joseph plants 14 tomato plants how many pepper plants does he plant?

Answer 1

Ratio of tomato plant to that of pepper plant = 2:5

Let x be the number of pepper plants for 14 tomato plants.

Now, according to the question,

2:5 = 14:x

14×5 = 2x

x = 70/2 = 35 plants.

Explanation:

So he/she would have 35 pepper plants to plant