Question

Item 2A garden has only tomato and cucumber plants. There are 12 tomato plants and 5 cucumber plants.What is the ratio of the number of cucumber plants to the total number of plants?

Answer 1

Hello!

First, let's write some important information:

• 12 tomato plants

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• 5 cucumber plants

So, the total number of plants will be 17, right? (12 + 5 = 17)

What is the ratio of the number of cucumber plants to the total number of plants?

To find the ratio, let's write it as a fraction in the form:

`\frac{\mathrm{cucumber}\text{ }\mathrm{plants}}{\mathrm{total}\text{ }\mathrm{of}\text{ }\mathrm{plants}}`

So, let's solve:

`(5)/(17)`

The ratio is 5/17.