Mrs. lemke has 10 2/3 ounces of fertilizer for her plants. she plans to use 3/4 ounce of fertilizer on each plant. after she puts fertilizer on as many plants as she can, how much fertilizer will be left over?

Plants fertilized = 14

Amount of remaining fertilizer = ounces

Step-by-step explanation:

Mrs Lemke has the amount of fertilizer =   ounces

For each plant she is using fertilizer = ounce

Let number of plants she fertilized = x

Therefore, total amount of fertilizer used = ounce

Equation for the fertilizer used in x plants will be

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x =

x =  

x =  

Since plants can't be in the fraction so only 14 plants can be fertilized and some amount of fertilizer will remain unused.

Amount of fertilizer remaining =

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=  

=   ounces

72 is the answer to this problem