Question

There are 24 plants growing in the garden. Five-sixths of the plants are vegetables. How many vegetable plants are growing in the garden?

Answer 1

There are 20 vegetable plants are growing in the garden .

Explanation:

Given :

There are 24 plants growing in the garden.

Out of 24 Five-sixths of the plants are vegetables.

To Find : Number of vegetable plants are growing in the garden.

Solution :

Since we are given that there are 24 plants growing in the garden .

And we are also given that Five-sixths of the plants are vegetables.

⇒Five-sixths of the 24 plants are vegetables.

⇒
`(5)/(6)*24`

⇒
`(120)/(6)`

⇒
`20`

Thus, There are 20 vegetable plants are growing in the garden .