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Gardening Jessica is planting a garden. It has the shape of a right triangle. She wants 3 plants for each square yard of area. How many plants does she want in the garden? 5 yards 12 yards 13 yards Jessica wants plants in the garden. Enter your answer in the answer box and then click Check Answer. All parts showing Clear All Che Review progress Question of 8 Back

Answer 1

The shape of the garden is in the form of a right angled triangle. The area of the garden therefore is given as;

`\begin{gathered} \text{Area}=(1)/(2)bh \\ b=\text{base (5)} \\ h=\text{vertical height (12)} \\ \text{Therefore,} \\ A=(1)/(2)*5*12 \\ A=30 \\ \text{The area of Jessica's garden is 30 square yards.} \\ \text{She intends to plant 3 plants for each square yard.} \\ \text{The total number of plants therefore would be derived as,} \\ \text{Plants}=\text{Total area x 3} \\ \text{Plants}=30*3 \\ \text{Plants}=90 \end{gathered}`

Jessica would be having 90 plants in her garden.

This is because she came up with 30 square yards as the area of her garden, and she would be planting 3 plants in each square yard.