Question

Maria has promised her neighbor to plant spring flowers in his garden. If the area is 250 square feet and she has completed 1/3 of it, how many square feet does she have left to plant flowers

Answer 1

She still has 166.67 square feet does she have left to plant flowers

Explanation:

The sum of total area planted, and the remaining area left to plant, is 100% = decimal 1.

She has planted 1/3 of the area. So

`(1)/(3) + p = 1`

`p =  1 - (1)/(3)`

`p = (3-1)/(3)`

`p = (2)/(3)`

So she still has to paint two thirds of the area.

The area is of 250 square feet.

2/3 of 250

`250(2)/(3) = 166.67`

She still has 166.67 square feet does she have left to plant flowers