Question

Ms. Hernandez has 17 tomato plants that she wants to plant in rows. She will put 2 plants in some rows and 1 plant in the ithers. Hiw many different ways can she plant the tomatoe plants? Make a table to show.

Answer 1

If we go for the ratio of (2 in row : 1 in row) 8:1 7:3 6:5 5:7 4:9 3:11 2:13 1:15 0:17 Therefore there are 9 possibilities