Mr. Nelson has a full bag of potting soil. He wants to pot 17 pepper plants and needs to have quarts of potting soil left for other plants. Is this possible? Explain why or why not.

Answer 1

To determine if Mr. Nelson can pot 17 pepper plants and have a certain amount of potting soil left, we need to know two key pieces of information:

1. How much potting soil is in the bag (in quarts).
2. How much potting soil each pepper plant requires (in quarts).

Without these specific details, we can't definitively answer whether it is possible or not.

If Mr. Nelson has enough potting soil to accommodate the needs of all 17 pepper plants plus the additional quarts he wants to keep, then it is possible. If the total amount needed exceeds what he has, then it is not possible.

Please provide the amounts of potting soil in the bag and the requirements per plant for a more precise answer.