Brandon used 1 2
3 kg of plant food on his strawberry plants and used 1
4
kg for his tomato plants.
He wants to feed his strawberry plants 2 more times and his tomato plants one more time.
How much plant food will he need?

Respuesta :

Answer:

[tex]5\dfrac{1}{2}\ \text{kg}[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

Plant food used on strawberry plants is

[tex]1\dfrac{2}{3}\ \text{kg}=\dfrac{5}{3}\ \text{kg}[/tex]

Plant food used on tomato plants is

[tex]\dfrac{1}{4}\ \text{kg}[/tex]

Feeding the strawberry plants two times means

[tex]\dfrac{5}{3}+2\times\dfrac{5}{3}=\dfrac{5}{3}+\dfrac{10}{3}\\ =\dfrac{15}{3}=5\ \text{kg}[/tex]

Feeding the tomato plants one more time means

[tex]\dfrac{1}{4}+\dfrac{1}{4}=\dfrac{2}{4}\\ =\dfrac{1}{2}\ \text{kg}[/tex]

The plant food he will need is [tex]5+\dfrac{1}{2}=5\dfrac{1}{2}\ \text{kg}[/tex]