Question

A community garden center host a plant giveaway every spring to help community members start there gardens. Last year the give away supported 50 families by giving away 150 plants. Based on this ratio hawa many plants will they give away this year in order to support 65 families

Answer 1

195 plants (verified) ✅

Explanation:

We will use a proportion to solve this.

x/y = x/y

let x = the number of families in each case

let y = the number of plants in each case

Since we don't know the second y, we will leave that as y and solve for it.

50/150 = 65/y

Cross-multiply

50y = 9750

Divide

195 = y

Now, we can check this by substituting the value of y back into the equation and seeing if both sides equal.

50 (195) = 9750

9750 = 9750 ✅