Question

You use 4 gallons of water on 14 plants in your garden. At this rate, how much water will it take to water 35 plants?

Answer 1

To find out how much water will be needed to water 35 plants, we can set up a proportion:

plants gallons of water
14 4
35 x

Using the cross-multiplication method, we have:
14 * x = 35 * 4

Simplifying:
14x = 140

Dividing both sides by 14:
x = 10

So, it will take 10 gallons of water to water 35 plants.