SOLUTION: 53. Aia is landscaping the outside of her home. She currently has 4 new plants. To stay within her weekly budget, s
he plans to purchase 2 new plants each week. After x weeks, Aia
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Question 1165113: 53. Aia is landscaping the outside of her home. She currently has 4 new plants. To stay within her weekly budget, s
he plans to purchase 2 new plants each week. After x weeks, Aia plans to put 60% of the plant in her backyard and the remaining percentage in her front yard. Write a linear equation that shows the number of plants Aia will have in her front yard after x weeks.
Answer by Seutip(231) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First let:
z -be the total number of plants in her front yard
y -be the number of plants in x weeks
x - be the number of weeks
We can form an equation
given she currently have 4 plants
AFTER X WEEKS
60% of total number of plants (y) will be in her backyard
0.6y
40% of total number of plants (y) will be in her frontyard
0.4y or z
substitute
where:
z -be the total number of plants in her front yard
x - be the number of weeks
HOPE THAT HELPS!!
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