Question

Samantha is planting a garden in her backyard that is going to be 600 square inches. She loves tomatoes and wants them to cover 60% of the garden. She then put lettuce in 1/3 of what was left. The remaining part of her garden was used for fresh herbs. What is the area of the garden that is fresh herbs?

Answer 1

60% of 600 :

10% of 600 is 60
60×6=360

so 360 sq inches are used for tomatoes.

600-360=240

240 square inches are left

240/3 = 80 square inches used for lettuce

240-80=160

therefore she uses 160 square inches of garden for fresh herbs! :)