Elizabeth has 1 7/10 as many as Rosalie has in her garden. If Elizabeth has 51 plants how many plants does Rosalie have in her garden?

Question

Elizabeth has 1 7/10 as many as Rosalie has in her garden. If Elizabeth has 51 plants how many plants does Rosalie have in her garden?

Please explain step by step on how you answered this and also no links or anything please just a raw answer thanks in advance :).

Answer 1

1 7/10 = 17/10

"as many" suggests multiplication
e.g. bill eats 3 times as many donuts as Bob
if Bob eats 4 donuts, then Bill would eat 3*4 or 12 donuts

so Elizabeth has (17/10) as many as Rosalie.
let Rosalie's number of plants be x
then:
(17/10)x = 51 ----> notice the multiplication
How do we get x alone?
let's multiply both sides by the reciprocal.
(10/17)(17/10)x = (10/17)(51)
x = 30
Rosalie has 30 plants.

check:
Rosalie has 30 plants.
Elizabeth has 17/10 times as many
(17/10)(30) = 51
YEAHHHH

Answer 2

1 7/10 can be rewritten as 1.7

51 / 1.7 = 30 plants.

Rosalie has 30 plants.

Answer 3

Thanks Reiny it really helped

Answer 4

You can also divide 51 and 17/10 to get the answer. If x times 17/10 equals 51 and you are trying to find out what x is, then you should divide the sum (51) with the number you already know (17/10).

Answer 5

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Answer 6

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Answer 7

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Answer 8

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Answer 9

Elizabeth has 1 7/10 as many as Rosalie has in her garden. If Elizabeth has 51 plants how many plants does Rosalie have in her garden?

1 7/10 = 17/10

1 7/10 can be rewritten as 1.7

Thanks Reiny it really helped

You can also divide 51 and 17/10 to get the answer. If x times 17/10 equals 51 and you are trying to find out what x is, then you should divide the sum (51) with the number you already know (17/10).

Thank you Reiny and everyone else! Have a good day everyone!!

30 plants jit

Someone PLEASE answer

Thank you Reiny! You really helped me understand the problem!

Tanks