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In a community garden, the ratio of tomato plants to pepper plants is 1:3,
and the ratio of pepper plants to pea plants is 8:1.
There are 6 pea plants in the garden. Next year, there will be 25% more
pepper plants in the garden. If each plant yields 4 peppers, how many peppers will there be?
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The number of pea plant is 6 (given).
Hence, the number of pepper plants is 8 times as many, i.e. 48.
Next year, will be 48 + = 48 + 12 = 60 pepper plants in the garden.
Hence, the number of peppers will be (or is expected to be) 4*60 = 240 next year. ANSWER
Solved and explained.
There is nothing difficult in it.
Simply make calculations as prescribed in the problem.
The info about tomato plants is excessive, unnecessary and irrelevant: it is not used in the solution.