SOLUTION: Clara has a garden that is 7 feet wide and 4 feet long. She has 30 tomato plants to put in the garden. Each plant needs 1 square foot of space. How many leftover plants will cla

Question 986005: Clara has a garden that is 7 feet wide and 4 feet long. She has 30 tomato plants to put in the garden. Each plant needs 1 square foot of space. How many leftover plants will clara have.
Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, Boreal:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Area = length*width = 7*4 = 28 square feet

She has 30 plants, and each plant requires 1 sq ft. So she does NOT have enough room for all 30 plants. She'll have to leave out 2 plants (30-28 = 2)
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
7' *4'=28 square feet.
She will have two plants left over, since she can't plant all 30.
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