SOLUTION: 1. Each year, I plant a fruit/vegetable garden in the spring. I grow a variety of things, but my BIG plantings are of tomatoes and peppers. However, getting my seeds to sprout

Question 455585: 1. Each year, I plant a fruit/vegetable garden in the spring. I grow a variety of things, but my BIG plantings are of tomatoes and peppers. However, getting my seeds to sprout is not as easy as you�d think�.
A. This year, I seeded both peppers and tomatoes, using a total of 120 seeds. Write an equation to show this.

B. I sowed nine times as many tomato seeds as pepper seeds. Write an equation to show this.

C. How many tomato seeds did I plant?

D. How many pepper seeds did I plant?

Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
B) x+9x=120
10x=120
D)x=12 peppers
C)9x=108 toma6tos
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