Question

A garden is divided into 12 sections of equal size. In 5 of these sections you plant tomatoes. an armadillo dug up 1/3 of these plants. What fraction of the garden now contains tomatoe plants? Please help...

Answer 1

\[\frac{ 5 }{ 12 }-\frac{ 1 }{ 3 }\]

Answer 2

I did that exact problem. And got the answer of 1/12.
But my teacher said the correct answer is 5/18.
Im confused on how she got that fraction.

Answer 3

\[\frac{ 5 }{ 3 }\]dug up from the tomatoes
\[\frac{ \frac{ 5 }{ 3 } }{ 12}=\frac{ 5 }{ 36 }\]
dug up from the whole garden
\[\frac{ 5 }{ 12 }\] the five sections containing tomatoes
\[\frac{ 5 }{ 12 }-\frac{ 5 }{ 36 }=\frac{ 5 }{ 18 }\]

Answer 4

Ohhh.... thanks so much!!!!