Kate can grow 2 plants with every seed packet. With 7 seed packets how many total plants can Kate have in her backyard?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-06T18:36:58

#color(magenta)(14# plants.

Since Kate can grow #2# plants with #1# seed packet,

With #7# seed packets she can grow #7xx2# plants in her backyard.

That is #color(magenta)(14# plants.

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Answer 2 · 2018-04-06T18:40:55

Kate can have a total of #14# plants in her backyard.

Here's how I did it:

You know that with each seed packet you can grow #2# plants. You want to know how many plants you can have with #7# seed packets.

To solve this, you set up a proportion. Let #x# be the total plants with #7# seed packets:
#2/1 = x/7#

To solve this, we do cross multiplication:
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As you can see from the image above, we would do this:
#1 * x = 2 * 7#

Therefore:
#x = 14#

Kate can have a total of #14# plants in her backyard.