Question

Lynn has a watering can that holds 32 cups of water,and she fills it a quarter full.Then she waters 17 plants so that each plant gets the same amount of water.How many cups of water will each plant get?

Answer 1

Each plant will receive approximately 0.47 cups of water.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the amount of water each plant will get, we need to first calculate the amount of water in the watering can. The can holds 32 cups of water, and Lynn fills it a quarter full, which means she fills it with 32/4 = 8 cups of water. Next, we divide the amount of water by the number of plants: 8 cups / 17 plants = 0.47 cups of water per plant. Therefore, each plant will get approximately 0.47 cups of water.

Answer 2

We have been given that Lynn has a watering can that holds 32 cups of water,and she fills it a quarter full.

It means the watering can has
`32* (1)/(4)= 8 \text{ cups of water}`

Now, she waters 17 plants and each plant gets the same amount of water. Let us suppose that each plant gets x cups of water.

Thus, we have

`17x=8`

Divide both sides by 17, we get

`x=(8)/(17) \\ \\ x=0.47059`

Therefore, each plant gets 0.47059 cups of water.