Question

Emily's family loves to work together

in the garden. They have a.
preference for flowers as 80% of
their plants are flowers and the rest
are vegetables. They have 90 plants
in the garden. How many vegetable
plants do they have?

Answer 1

They have 18 vegetable plants.

Explanation:

Given:

Emily's family loves to work together in the garden.

They have a. preference for flowers as 80% of their plants are flowers and the rest are vegetables.

They have 90 plants in the garden.

Now, to find the number of vegetable plants.

Total plants in the garden = 90.

80% of the plants are flowers.

So, number of plants which are flowers = 80% of 90.

`=(80)/(100) * 90`

`=(7200)/(100)`

`=72\ plants.`

The number of flower plants = 72.

Total plants = 90 (given)

So, to get the number of vegetable plants we subtract:

`90-72=18\ plants.`

Thus, vegetable plants = 18.

Therefore, they have 18 vegetable plants.