Question

to win the neighborhood tomato growing contest jonny needs for his tomato plant to produce 8 tomatoes per week. he needs 30 tomatoes to win the contest. he already has 6 tomatoes. write and solve an equation to find the number of weeks he needs to produce 30 tomatoes.

Answer 1

Answer:

t=3

Step-by-step explanation:

Equation: 8t represent the rate of 8 tomatoes per week + 6 to represent the tomatoes the already has. And the 30 is for the 30 tomatoes he needs to win.

30=8t +6

-6        -6

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24=8t (divide both sides by 8) Final answer is t=3