document.write( "Question 1195002: 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? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #827318 by ikleyn(52814) $\"\"$ $\"About$

You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.
\n" ); document.write( "In a community garden, the ratio of tomato plants to pepper plants is 1:3,
\n" ); document.write( "and the ratio of pepper plants to pea plants is 8:1.
\n" ); document.write( "There are 6 pea plants in the garden. Next year, there will be 25% more
\n" ); document.write( "pepper plants in the garden. If each plant yields 4 peppers, how many peppers will there be?
\n" ); document.write( "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r
\n" ); document.write( "
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "

\r\n" );
document.write( "The number of pea plant is 6 (given).\r\n" );
document.write( "\r\n" );
document.write( "\r\n" );
document.write( "Hence, the number of pepper plants is 8 times as many, i.e. 48.\r\n" );
document.write( "\r\n" );
document.write( "\r\n" );
document.write( "Next year, will be 48 +  = 48 + 12 = 60 pepper plants in the garden.\r\n" );
document.write( "\r\n" );
document.write( "\r\n" );
document.write( "Hence, the number of peppers will be  (or is expected to be)  4*60 = 240 next year.    ANSWER\r\n" );
document.write( "

\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Solved and explained.\r
\n" ); document.write( "
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "There is nothing difficult in it.\r
\n" ); document.write( "
\n" ); document.write( "
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Simply make calculations as prescribed in the problem.\r
\n" ); document.write( "
\n" ); document.write( "
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The info about tomato plants is excessive, unnecessary and irrelevant: it is not used in the solution.\r
\n" ); document.write( "
\n" ); document.write( "
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "

\n" );