Question

The ratio of tomatoes to pepper plants in the garden is 5:2. If there are 6 more tomato plants than pepper plants, how many pepper plants are in the garden?

Answer 1

The ratio from tomatoes to pepper plants is 5:2

Meaning there are 5 tomatoes and 2 pepper plants

In order to find a ratio where there are 6 more tomatoes than pepper plants you will have to multiply.

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When the ratio 5:2 is multiplied by 2

it equals 10:4

We can stop here because it is shown that now there are 6 more tomatoes than pepper plants.

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So there are:

10 tomatoes

and

4 pepper plants!