Question

Sally’ s tomato plants grow 11 tomatoes each week. Sally has 5 tomatoes. How many weeks will it take to grow 38 tomatoes?

Answer 1

`3` weeks

Explanation:

Let `x` weeks are taken to grow `33` tomatoes. Since Sally already has `5` tomatoes & grows `11` tomatoes each week then total tomatoes in `x` weeks will be equal to `38`

`5+11x=38`

`11x=38-5`

`11x=33`

`x=33/11`

`x=3`

Thus, it takes `3` weeks for Sally to have total `38` tomatoes