Question

Estela has 10 ft³ of soil. She uses 3 1/2 ft³ in her garden. She uses the rest of the soil for tomato plants. She needs 3/4 ft³ of soil for each tomato plant. How many tomato plants can she plant? A. 8 B. 9 C. 10 D. 11

Answer 1

Estela has enough soil for 8 tomato plants after using 3 1/2 ft³ in her garden out of her initial 10 ft³ of soil.

Step-by-step explanation:

The subject of the question is Mathematics and it's at the middle school level. Estela initially has 10 ft³ of soil. She uses 3 1/2 ft³ in her garden which means she has 10 - 3.5 = 6.5 ft³ left for her tomato plants. If each tomato plant requires 3/4 ft³ of soil. We would then divide the remaining soil by the amount needed for each plant: 6.5 ÷ 3/4 = 8.66, which we would round down to 8 since she can't plant a fraction of a tomato plant.

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