Mrs. Avery makes note of the different types of plants in her garden and creates a bar graph to display the data.MRS. AVERY'S GARDEN\#1: There are one-fourth the number of peppers as there are lettuce plants.\#2: The number of lettuce and pepper plants is equal to the number of tomato and strawberry plants.\#3: Fifty percent of the plants are lettuce plants.
Q. Mrs. Avery makes note of the different types of plants in her garden and creates a bar graph to display the data.MRS. AVERY'S GARDEN\#1: There are one-fourth the number of peppers as there are lettuce plants.\#2: The number of lettuce and pepper plants is equal to the number of tomato and strawberry plants.\#3: Fifty percent of the plants are lettuce plants.
Calculate Lettuce Plants: Let's denote the total number of plants as P. According to the problem, 50% of the plants are lettuce plants. So, the number of lettuce plants L is:L=0.5P
Calculate Pepper Plants: From the first point, there are one-fourth the number of peppers as there are lettuce plants. So, the number of pepper plants Pe is:Pe=41LPe=41(0.5P)Pe=0.125P
Calculate Tomato and Strawberry Plants: The second point states that the number of lettuce and pepper plants combined is equal to the number of tomato and strawberry plants combined. Let T be the number of tomato plants and S be the number of strawberry plants. Then:L+Pe=T+S0.5P+0.125P=T+S0.625P=T+S
Calculate Total Plants: Since L, Pe, T, and S together make up all the plants, we have:L+Pe+T+S=P0.5P+0.125P+T+S=P0.625P+T+S=PT+S=P−0.625PT+S=0.375P
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