Maria is planting a row of flowers in a bed 56 feet long. the instructions say to space the plants 1 foot apart, allowing room for 56 flowers. the flowers come in flats containing 6 plants per flat. how many flats will she need?

9.5  flats

Step-by-step explanation:

given data

row of flowers in bed =  56 feet

plants apart = 1 foot

per flat = 6 plant

to find out

How many flats will she need

solution

we find here first number of plant flowers to be plant along this bed is here

=

so here 57  flower plants

and we know  

6 flower plants= 1 flat

so

57 flower plants will be

flats =

= 9.5  flats

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