The workers at Azalea Botanical Gardens are dividing a large shipment of tropical plants evenly among 5 newly built greenhouses. When the workers are finished, each greenhouse will have 185 tropical plants.

Question

Let t represent how many tropical plants were in the shipment. Which equation models the problem?
Solve this equation to find how many tropical plants were in the shipment.
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Answer 1

To model the problem, we can use the equation based on the total number of tropical plants \( t \) divided by the number of greenhouses (5) equals the number of plants in each greenhouse (185). The equation can be set up as follows:

\[ \frac{t}{5} = 185 \]

Now, to solve for \( t \), we can multiply both sides of the equation by 5:

\[ t = 185 \times 5 \]

Calculating the right side:

\[ t = 925 \]

Thus, the total number of tropical plants in the shipment is 925 tropical plants.