Question

Olive's garden is only 10yd² and the watermelon plants she wants to grow require 2.5yd² each. How many watermelon plants can she grow?

Answer 1

According to the information given in the exercise, you know that each watermelon plant requires and area of 2.5 square yards.

Let be "x" the number of watermelon plants that Olive can grow.

Knowing that her garden has an area of 10 square yards, you can set up the following proportion:

`(1)/(2.5)=(x)/(10)`

Therefore, you must solve for the variable "x" in order to find its value. To do this, you can apply the Multiplication property of equality by multiplying both sides of the equation by 10. Then, you get:

`\begin{gathered} (10)((1)/(2.5))=((x)/(10))(10) \\ \\ (10)/(2.5)=x \\ \\ x=4 \end{gathered}`

Then, the answer is: She can grow 4 watermelon plants.