Herb planted 28 pea plants. He planted 15 fewer tomato plants. How many pea and tomato plants did Herb plant in all?

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CountryGirl
Mar 9, 2018

41 total plants

Explanation:

They are asking how many plants it would be if you added the pea and tomato plants together, OR (as an equation):
#p + t = ?#

They already tell us that the number of pea plants is 28, so #p = 28#

Then they say that there are #15# less tomato plants than pea plants OR:
#t = 28 - 15#
#t = 13#

So know let's substitute #p# and #t# into the first equation.
#p + t = ?#
#28 + 13 = ?#
#28 + 13 = 41#

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