I cant believe how bad my brother, Reuben, is at growing things. He bought a whole bunch of plants at the nursery the other day. Right away, five died. Then our dog dug up 2/9 of them. Then a rabbit came and ate ½ of what was left. Reuben had only seven plants left. How many did he buy at the nursery

68 plants.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x represent the number of plants that Reuben bought from the nursery.

We have been given that Reuben bought a whole bunch of plants at the nursery the other day. Right away, five died. So number of plant left would be .

We are also told that then our dog dug up 2/9 of them. So number of plants left after dug-up would be .

Further a rabbit came and ate ½ of what was left. So number of plants left would be .

Since Reuben had only 7 plants left, so we will equate our expression with 7 and solve for x as:

Therefore, Reuben bought 68 plants at the nursery.

the number of the people going.

step-by-step explanation:

the cost to buy one movie ticket is $7. if the total cost for the movie is a function of how many people go, then the input is : the number of the people going.

probably .5

i can on others if necessary.