Question

carlos buys an envelope of mixed flower seeds. the envelope contains 55 seeds. of the plants that sprout, 19 have yellow flowers. about how many seeds would carlos most likely need to plant to get a total f 60 plants with yellow flowers?

Answer 1

174 seeds (approximately)

1) Gathering the data

55 seeds ------> 19 yellow flowers

2) Let's consider that this growth rate follows a proportion. So we can write:

55 seeds -----------> 19 yellow flowers

x ------------------------ 60 yellow flowers

Since it is a proportion, according to the fundamental principle of the Proportion we can cross multiply those ratios:

19x = 60*55

19x=3300

19x/19 = 3300/19

x =173.68

3) Hence, Carlos must sow about 174 seeds to most likely get 60 yellow flowes.