The ratio of green pepper plants to red pepper plants in joes garden is 2 to 7 if joe has 20 more red peppers plants than green pepper how many of each does he have

green = 8, red = 28

Step-by-step explanation:

green   :   red

  2x           7x

   y           y + 20

⇒

Since y = 2x, I can substitute "y" with "2x" in the second equation:

7x = 2x + 20

-2x  -2x        

5x  =        20

÷5           ÷5  

   x  =         4

green: 2x   = 2(4)   = 8

red: 7x   = 7(4)   = 28

in problems involving proportions, we can use cross products to test whether two ratios are equal and form a proportion. to find the cross products of a proportion, we multiply the outer terms, called the extremes, and the middle terms, called the means.

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