Question

Emily's family loves to work together in the garden.They have a slight preference for flowers, as 60\%60%60, percent of their plants are flowers and 40\%40%40, percent are vegetables. They have 505050 plants growing in the garden. How many vegetable plants do they have?

Answer 1

50 plants total, 40% are vegetables

40% = 40/100 = 0.40

40% of 50 = 0.40*50 = 20

Answer: There are 20 vegetable plants