Question

Samuel father has a garden in the backyard. He devised the garden into eight equal size parts. He planted carrots in one over eight of the garden. He planted tomatoes and 4/8 of the garden, and he planted beans and the rest of the garden. What fraction of the garden did the plant beans in, show your equation and the correct answer

Answer 1

Let x be the fraction of the garden planted with beans.

Since the garden is divided into eight equal parts, we know that the fraction of the garden planted with carrots is 1/8 and the fraction planted with tomatoes is 4/8.

Therefore, the total fraction of the garden planted is:

1/8 (carrots) + 4/8 (tomatoes) + x (beans) = 1

1/8 + 4/8 + x = 1
5/8 + x = 1
x = 1 - 5/8
x = 3/8

So, the fraction of the garden that Samuel's father planted with beans is 3/8.