Question

Ms. Hernandez has 17 tomato plants that she wants to plant in rows. Some rows will have 2 plants and others will have 1 plant. How many different ways can she plant the tomato plants

Answer 1

the answer is that she can plant them 8 different ways

Explanation:

She will have at least one row with 2 plants, so using 17 rows with 1 plant each will not work.