Question

lexi has planted seeds in 3/5 of the garden.She used 1/2 pound of seeds.How many pounds will she use for the entire garden ?

Answer 1

3/5 of the entire garden uses 1/2 lb of seeds

we can set up a proportion

(3/5 garden) / (1/2 lb seeds) = (1 garden) / (x lbs seed)
cross multiply and solve for x