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Aleks04 [339]
3 years ago
6

A school group is helping plant a new city garden. Today they used 12 1/2 pounds of potting soil and planted 2/5 of the garden.

How much more potting soil will they need to finish tomorrow?
Mathematics
1 answer:
Len [333]3 years ago
7 0

Answer:

18\frac{3}{4} pounds.  

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x be the total amount of potting soil needed to complete the planting in new garden.    

We are told that a school group is helping plant a new city garden. Today they used 12 1/2 pounds of potting soil and planted 2/5 of the garden. This means 2/5 of x equals to 12 1/2.

\frac{2}{5} x=12\frac{1}{2}

\frac{2}{5} x=\frac{25}{2}  

x=\frac{25}{2}\times\frac{5}{2}

x=\frac{125}{4}

To find the amount of soil needed for the next of planting we will subtract the amount of potting soil used on the first day (\frac{25}{2}) from amount of total potting soil (\frac{125}{4}).

\text{Amount of potting soil needed for second day}=\frac{125}{4}-\frac{25}{2}

\text{Amount of potting soil needed for second day}=\frac{125}{4}-\frac{25\times 2}{2\times2}

\text{Amount of potting soil needed for second day}=\frac{125}{4}-\frac{50}{4}

\text{Amount of potting soil needed for second day}=\frac{75}{4}

\text{Amount of potting soil needed for second day}=\frac{75}{4}=18\frac{3}{4}

Therefore, the group will need 18\frac{3}{4} pounds of potting soil to finish their work.            

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