Question

Alfie and Jay pick the tomatoes in their gardens when they are ripe. The tomatoes in Alfie’s garden ripen at a rate of 5 tomatoes per day. The tomatoes in Jay’s garden ripen at a rate of 7 tomatoes per day. In how many days will Alfie and Jay have picked a total of 4 dozen tomatoes?

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Answer 1

They can pick a total of 12 per day.
4 dozen is equal to 48

d=days

So 12(d)=48
Divide each side by 12 to isolate d

D=4

It will take 4 days to pick 48 tomatoes