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?

Answer: 9.5  flats Step-by-step explanation:given data row of flowers in bed =  56 feetplants apart = 1 foot per flat = 6 plant to find outHow many flats will she needsolutionwe find here first number of plant flowers to be plant along this bed is here= [tex]\frac{56}{1} +1=57[/tex] so here 57  flower plants and we know  6 flower plants= 1 flat so 57 flower plants will be flats =[tex]\frac{57*1}{6}[/tex] = 9.5  flats