It takes 3/11 pounds of seeds to plant one grow sunflowers. What is the correct answer to find the number of rows of sunflowers that can be planted with 3/4 pound of seats?
Answer: 3/11 pounds of seeds = 1 row of sunflowers 3/4 pounds of seeds = x x stands for the unknown number of rows of sunflowers To find x : Cross multiply 3x/11 = 3/4 3(11) = 4(3x) 12x = 33 Divide both sides by 12 ( so that we would be left with only x) 12x/12 = 33/12 ( where we have 12x/12 ; 12 is common in both the numerator and denominator so they will cancel out each other). We are left with : x = 33/12 x= 2.75 x = 3 (approximated to a whole number) Therefore: number of rows of sunflowers is 3 ☺
