Question

Dirk plants 12 seedlings in 8 min.



At this rate, how many seedlings could he plant in 70 min?



Responses

80 seedlings
80 seedlings

105 seedlings
105 seedlings

120 seedlings
120 seedlings

210 seedlings

Answer 1

To determine how many seedlings Dirk can plant in 70 minutes, we first need to find his rate of planting seedlings.

Dirk plants 12 seedlings in 8 minutes. We can find his planting rate per minute:

\[
\text{Rate} = \frac{12 \text{ seedlings}}{8 \text{ minutes}} = 1.5 \text{ seedlings per minute}
\]

Now, we can calculate how many seedlings he can plant in 70 minutes:

\[
\text{Seedlings in 70 minutes} = 1.5 \text{ seedlings/minute} \times 70 \text{ minutes} = 105 \text{ seedlings}
\]

Therefore, the answer is **105 seedlings**.