A flate of plants contain plants.
Yoshi wants a garden that has three rows with plants per row.
Write and solve an equation for the number of flats Yoshi should buy.
\Find an equation.
\Let represents number of flate for yoshi buy.
A flate of yoshi buy is .
Yoshi wants a garden that has three rows with plants per row is
His buy total flates equal to he wants a garden that has three rows with plants per row.
The equation is .
Twelve times of equal thirty.
Find the number of flates yoshi should buy.
\ (Orginal equation)
(Divide each side by
)
(Cancel common terms)
Therefore, yoshi buy a and half flates.
Check :
\ (Orginal equation)
(Substitute
in the equation)
(Multiply)
The equation is .
Yoshi buy a and half flats.