Question

Brenda's vegetable garden has 13 rows with 8 plants in each row. Brendaplans to plant peppers in the first 2 rows and the last 2 rows of the garden. The rest of the rows will be tomatoes. How many tomato plants will Brenda plant?

Answer 1

Total number of rows does Brenda's vegetable garden has
`=13`

Total number of plants in each row
`=8`

Total number of rows Brenda wants to plant peppers
`=4`

Total number of rows left to plant tomatoes
`=13-4=9`

Since, total number of plants that can be planted in each row
`=8`

Therefore, number of tomato plants that Brenda will plant are
`=9 * 8 = 72 \ plants`