Question

Emily's family loves to work together in the garden. They have a slight preference for flowers, as 60% percent of their plants are flowers and 40%, percent are vegetables. They have 50 plants growing in the garden. How many vegetable plants do they have?

Answer 1

20 because 100 plants would have 60 flowers and 40 vegetables so 50% which is half would be 30 flowers and 20 vegetables

Answer 2

Your answer is 20 because 30 flowers are growing in the garden, and 20 vegetables are growing in the garden. You get your answers by knowing that 60% of 50 is 30, and 40% of 50 is 20.