Question

Gerrick is planting a row of flowers in a bed 38 feet long. The instructions say to space the plants 1 foot apart, allowing for 38 flowers. The flowers come in flats containing 5 plants per flat. After purchasing the necessary flats, how many flowers will he have left over? _______ flowers

Answer 1

`Y=2`

Explanation:

From the question we are told that

Number of Flower to be planted n=38

Flower per Fiats f=5

Since Number of Flower to be planted
`n=38`

Therefore Fiats bought must tally or be greater than
`n=38`

Generally The Multiply of 5 greater than and closest to 38 is 8

`X=5*8`

`X=40`

Generally the Total amount of Fiats Bought is given by

`X=40`

Therefore The Number of flowers Y left is

`Y=X-n`

`Y=40-38`

`Y=2`