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You use 4 gallons of water on 14 plants in your garden.At this rate, how much water will it take to water 35 plants?

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You would get 10 gallons
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For this case we can make the following rule of three:

4 gallons --------------> 14 plants

x --------------------------> 35 plants

From here, we clear the value of x.

We have then:


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therefore, 10 gallons are needed to irrigate 35 plants.

Answer:

it will take 10 gallons to water 35 plants

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