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

Answer:

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

Step-by-step 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

$\frac{1}{3} + p = 1$

$p = 1 - \frac{1}{3}$

$p = \frac{3-1}{3}$

$p = \frac{2}{3}$

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

The area is of 250 square feet.

2/3 of 250

$250\frac{2}{3} = 166.67$

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