Problema Solution
Haley planted 33 tomato plants in equal rows. The number of plants in each row was 8 more than the number of rows. How many tomato plants did Haley put in each row?
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Let 'r' represent the number of rows, r>0
Since the number of plants is 8 more than the number of rows we have:
r + 8 = the number of plants
The number of all the plants is 33 thus:
r(r + 8) = 33
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r = 3 rows
r + 8 = 3 + 8 = 11
Haley put 11 tomato plants in each row.