Question

The Langstons planted a big garden with flowers to sell to florists. [List of flowers]

a. What fraction of the garden is planted with each type of flower?
b. How much more of the garden is planted with lilies than daisies?
c. Suppose the Langstons replace the daisies and irises with lilies. What fraction of the garden would be planted with lilies?
d. Use fractions to explain whether the following sentence is correct or incorrect. The plots used for growing marigolds and petunias are equivalent to the plot used to grow impatiens.
e. Use fractions to explain whether the following sentence is correct or incorrect. Marigolds - Begonias = Petunias + Tulips
f. Look at the original garden plan. Find three different combinations of plots that total the fraction of the garden planted with impatiens. Write a number sentence for each combination.

Answer 1

The specific fractions of the garden planted with each flower type cannot be determined without an actual list of flowers and their respective planted areas. mendelian genetics suggests that approximately 75% of the F2 generation will have violet flowers when purebred violet and white flowers are crossed. For the scale question, a garden plan 6 inches wide on a 1:12 scale corresponds to an actual width of 6 feet.

Step-by-step explanation:

The provided information does not include the actual numbers or a list of flowers planted in the Langstons' garden. Therefore, it is not possible to give specific answers to parts a, b, c, e, and f of the question. However, for part d of the question, without knowing the proportion of the garden planted with marigolds, petunias, and impatiens, we cannot accurately say whether the statement is correct or incorrect.

For the details on genetics and flower colors as per Mendel's experiments, when crossing a purebred violet flower with a purebred white flower, all offspring in the F1 generation will be violet. In the F2 generation, due to dominant and recessive genes, available evidence suggests approximately 75% will exhibit the violet flower trait, and 25% will have white flowers. regarding the scale for the flower garden, a scale of 1:12 means that every inch on the plan represents 12 inches in real life. Therefore, if the plan shows the garden to be 6 inches wide, the actual width is 6 inches × 12, which equals 72 inches or 6 feet in real life.