Question

miguel picked a total of 25 tomatoes and cucumbers at the community garden. he picked 4 times as many tomatoes as cucumbers.

Answer 1

Let the number of cucumbers Miguel picked be x.
Then, the number of tomatoes he picked would be 4x.

Therefore, Miguel picked x cucumbers and 4x tomatoes.
Given that the total number of vegetables picked was 25, we can write the equation:

x + 4x = 25
5x = 25
x = 5

So, Miguel picked 5 cucumbers and 4 times that amount in tomatoes, which is 20.

Therefore, Miguel picked 5 cucumbers and 20 tomatoes at the community garden.