Question

sarah plants 760 vines in rows containing either 20 vines or 25 vines. there are 3 times as many rows containing 25 vines as there are rows containing 20 vines. how many rows contain 25 vines?

Answer 1

Let's start by using variables to represent the number of rows containing 20 vines and 25 vines. Let:

x be the number of rows containing 20 vines

3x be the number of rows containing 25 vines (since there are 3 times as many rows containing 25 vines as there are rows containing 20 vines)

We know that Sarah plants a total of 760 vines, and that each row contains either 20 vines or 25 vines. Therefore, we can write an equation based on the total number of vines:

20x + 25(3x) = 760

Simplifying and solving for x:

20x + 75x = 760

95x = 760

x = 8

So there are 8 rows containing 20 vines, and 3 times as many rows containing 25 vines, or 3(8) = 24 rows containing 25 vines.

Therefore, Sarah planted 8 rows with 20 vines and 24 rows with 25 vines.