Elizabeth has 1 7/10 as many plants as rosalie has in her garden. If Elizabeth has has 51 plants, how many plants does rosalie have in her garden?
1.7x = 51
x = ?
To find out how many plants Rosalie has in her garden, we need to determine the value of one whole unit of plants that Elizabeth has.
We know that Elizabeth has 1 7/10 (which can be written as 17/10) as many plants as Rosalie. We can set up the following equation:
Rosalie's plants = (17/10) * Elizabeth's plants
Since Elizabeth has 51 plants, we can substitute this value into the equation:
Rosalie's plants = (17/10) * 51
To solve this equation, we can multiply 17/10 by 51:
Rosalie's plants = (17/10) * 51 = (17 * 51) / 10
Multiplying 17 by 51 gives us 867, so the equation becomes:
Rosalie's plants = 867 / 10
To simplify the fraction, we divide 867 by 10:
Rosalie's plants = 86 remainder 7/10
So, Rosalie has 86 7/10 plants in her garden.